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traduction

traduction


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  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.