Transmission from one to another. [Obs.] Traditional communication and traduction of truths. Sir M. Hale.
Translation from one language to another. [Obs.]
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.
The act of transferring; conveyance; transportation. [R.] "The traduction of brutes." Sir M. Hale.
Transition. [Obs.] Bacon.
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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