Hypertext Webster Gateway: "deductive"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Deductive \De*duct"ive\, a. [Cf. L. deductivus derivative.]
Of or pertaining to deduction; capable of being deduced from
premises; deducible.
All knowledge of causes is deductive. --Glanvill.
Notions and ideas . . . used in a deductive process.
--Whewell.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
deductive
adj 1: relating to logical deduction; "deductive reasoning"
2: involving inferences from general principles [ant: {inductive}]
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