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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tendency \Tend"en*cy\, n.; pl {Tendencies}. [L. tendents
-entis, p. pr of tendere: cf F. tendance. See {Tend} to
move.]
Direction or course toward any place object, effect, or
result; drift; causal or efficient influence to bring about
an effect or result.
Writings of this kind if conducted with candor, have a
more particular tendency to the good of their country.
--Addison.
In every experimental science, there is a tendency
toward perfection. --Macaulay.
Syn: Disposition; inclination; proneness; drift; scope; aim
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