Tra·duc·tion n.
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.”
5. Transition. [Obs.]
6. Logic A process of reasoning in which each conclusion applies to just such an object as each of the premises applies to.
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