Deduction vs. Induction
Deductionnoun
That which is deducted; that which is subtracted or removed
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A sum that can be removed from tax calculations; something that is written off
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(logic) A process of reasoning that moves from the general to the specific, in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises presented, so that the conclusion cannot be false if the premises are true.
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A conclusion; that which is deduced, concluded or figured out
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The ability or skill to deduce or figure out; the power of reason
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Act or process of deducing or inferring.
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Act of deducting or taking away; subtraction; as, the deduction of the subtrahend from the minuend.
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That which is deduced or drawn from premises by a process of reasoning; an inference; a conclusion.
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That which is or may be deducted; the part taken away; abatement; as, a deduction from the yearly rent in compensation for services; deductions from income in calculating income taxes.
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a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket
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an amount or percentage deducted
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something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied);
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reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
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the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole);
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the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
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the action of deducting or subtracting something
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an amount that is or may be deducted from something, especially from taxable income or tax to be paid
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the inference of particular instances by reference to a general law or principle
Inductionnoun
An act of inducting.
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A formal ceremony in which a person is appointed to an office or into military service.
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The process of showing a newcomer around a place where they will work or study.
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An act of inducing.
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(physics) Generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field.
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(logic) Derivation of general principles from specific instances.
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(mathematics) A method of proof of a theorem by first proving it for a specific case (often an integer; usually 0 or 1) and showing that, if it is true for one case then it must be true for the next.
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(theater) Use of rumors to twist and complicate the plot of a play or to narrate in a way that does not have to state truth nor fact within the play.
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(biology) In developmental biology, the development of a feature from part of a formerly homogenous field of cells in response to a morphogen whose source determines the feature's position and extent.
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(medicine) The process of inducing the birth process.
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(obsolete) An introduction.
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The act or process of inducting or bringing in; introduction; entrance; beginning; commencement.
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An introduction or introductory scene, as to a play; a preface; a prologue.
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The act or process of reasoning from a part to a whole, from particulars to generals, or from the individual to the universal; also, the result or inference so reached.
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The introduction of a clergyman into a benefice, or of an official into a office, with appropriate acts or ceremonies; the giving actual possession of an ecclesiastical living or its temporalities.
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A process of demonstration in which a general truth is gathered from an examination of particular cases, one of which is known to be true, the examination being so conducted that each case is made to depend on the preceding one; - called also successive induction.
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The property by which one body, having electrical or magnetic polarity, causes or induces it in another body without direct contact; an impress of electrical or magnetic force or condition from one body on another without actual contact.
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a formal entry into an organization or position or office;
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an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current
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reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
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the process whereby changes in the current flow in a circuit produce magnetism or an EMF
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stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors;
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(physics) a property of an electric circuit by which an electromotive force is induced in it by a variation of current
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the act of bringing about something (especially at an early time);
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an act that sets in motion some course of events
