Deductive

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Deductive \De*duct"ive\, a. [Cf. L. deductivus derivative.]
     Of or pertaining to deduction; capable of being deduced from
     premises; deducible.
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           All knowledge of causes is deductive.    --Glanvill.


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           Notions and ideas . . . used in a deductive process.
                                                    --Whewell.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  deductive
       adj 1: relating to logical deduction; "deductive reasoning"
       2: involving inferences from general principles [ant: {inductive}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "deductive":
     a fortiori, a posteriori, a priori, ablative, academic, analytic,
     categorical, conditional, conjectural, deducible, derivable,
     dialectic, discursive, dogmatic, enthymematic, epagogic, erosive,
     hypothetical, illative, inductive, inferential, maieutic,
     purported, putative, ratiocinative, reasoned, reductive, soritical,
     speculative, subtractive, supposed, syllogistic, synthetic,
     theoretical