Inferential

3 definitions found

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

  Inferential \In`fer*en"tial\, a.
     Deduced or deducible by inference. "Inferential proofs." --J.
     S. Mill.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  inferential
       adj 1: relating to or having the nature of illation or inference;
              "the illative faculty of the mind" [syn: {illative}]
       2: of reasoning; proceeding from general premisses to a
          necessary and specific conclusion
       3: resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference; "an
          illative conclusion"; "inferential reasoning" [syn: {illative}]
       4: derived or capable of being derived by inference
       5: based on interpretation; not directly expressed

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

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "inferential":
     a fortiori, a posteriori, a priori, allusive, allusory, analytic,
     categorical, conditional, deductive, dialectic, discursive,
     enthymematic, epagogic, hypothetical, implicational, implicative,
     implicatory, indicative, inductive, insinuating, insinuative,
     insinuatory, ironic, maieutic, referential, soritical, suggestive,
     syllogistic, synthetic