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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