Category:Traduction

Tra*duc"tion, n. Etym: [l. traductio a transferring: cf. F. Traduction translation. See traduce.]

1. Transmission from one to another. [obs.] Traditional communication and traduction of truths. Sir m. Hale.

2. Translation from one language to another. [obs.]

3. Derivation by descent; propagation. [r.] If by traduction came thy mind, our wonder is the less to find a soul So charming from a stock so good. Dryden.

4. The act of transferring; conveyance; transportation. [r.] "the Traduction of brutes." Sir m. Hale.

5. Transition. [obs.] Bacon.

6. (logic)

Defn: a process of reasoning in which each conclusion applies to just Such an object as each of the premises applies to. Jevons.