Traduction

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

  Traduction \Tra*duc"tion\, n. [L. traductio a transferring: cf.
     F. traduction translation. See {Traduce}.]
     1. Transmission from one to another. [Obs.]
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              Traditional communication and traduction of truths.


                                                    --Sir M. Hale.
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     2. Translation from one language to another. [Obs.]
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     3. Derivation by descent; propagation. [R.]
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              If by traduction came thy mind,
              Our wonder is the less to find
              A soul so charming from a stock so good. --Dryden.
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     4. The act of transferring; conveyance; transportation. [R.]
        "The traduction of brutes." --Sir M. Hale.
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     5. Transition. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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     6. (Logic) A process of reasoning in which each conclusion
        applies to just such an object as each of the premises
        applies to. --Jevons.
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