What does "traduction" mean?
Traduction: Translation from one language to another. [Obs.]
Additional senses
- 2.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.
- 3.The act of transferring; conveyance; transportation. [R.] "The traduction of brutes." Sir M. Hale.
- 4.Transition. [Obs.] Bacon.
- 5.(Logic) A process of reasoning in which each conclusion applies to just such an object as each of the premises applies to. Jevons.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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