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The act or process of reproducing; the state of being reproduced; specifically (Biol.),

A leading or bringing back.

That which seduces, or is adapted to seduce; means of leading astray; as, the seductions of wealth.

Induction in a circuit due to the action of one portion of a current upon an adjacent portion during periods of varying current strength. The nature of the induction is such as to oppose the action which produces it.

The act of subducting or taking away. Bp. Hall.

The act of superinducing, or the state of being superinduced. South.

Transmission from one to another. [Obs.] Traditional communication and traduction of truths. Sir M. Hale.

The act of conveying over. [R.] Entick.

The production of less than is demanded or of less than the usual supply. F. A. Walker.

Applied to knowledge which is based upon or derived from facts through induction or experiment; inductive or empirical.

The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; removal or putting an end to; as, the abatement of a nuisance is the suppression thereof.

The act abridging, or the state of being abridged; diminution; lessening; reduction or deprivation; as, an abridgment of pleasures or of expenses.

An apparatus for the production of sound by the action of the actinic, or ultraviolet, rays.

Pertaining to, or causing the production of, sound by means of the actinic, or ultraviolet, rays; as, actinophonic phenomena.

Not having visible organs of reproduction, as flowerless plants; agamous.

Reproduction without the union of parents of distinct sexes: asexual reproduction.

The representation or reproduction of the effect of the atmospheric medium through which every object in nature is viewed. New Am. Cyc.

this. The same reaction has been applied, under the name of aldol condensation, to the production of many compounds.

To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; esp. to abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for leakage.

Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth. After making the largest allowance for fraud. Macaulay.