Hypertext Webster Gateway: "traduction"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Traduction \Tra*duc"tion\, n. [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) 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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