Dictionary - Definition of DEDUCTIVELY


Part of Speech	Definition
Adverb	1. By deduction; by way of inference; by consequence.[Websters] 2. In an inferential, ratiocinative or illative manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Rarely used adverbial inflection of the adjective deductive.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adjective Form (deductive)	1. Relating to logical deduction; "deductive reasoning".[Wordnet]. 2. Involving inferences from general principles.[Wordnet]. 3. Of or pertaining to deduction; capable of being deduced from premises; deducible.[Websters]. 4. Being inferential, illative or ratiocinative.[Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being rational or logical.[Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being scientific.[Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being dogmatic.[Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Adjective base of the adverb deductively.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.		Top

"Deductively" is a common misspelling or typo for: seductively, reductively.

Date "Deductively" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: DEDUCTIVELY

Domain	Definition
Noah Webster	[Adverb] By regular deduction; by way of inference; by consequence.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary	[Adverb] In a deductive manner; using deduction. (references)
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Part of Speech	Definition
Adverb	1. By deduction; by way of inference; by consequence.[Websters] 2. In an inferential, ratiocinative or illative manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Rarely used adverbial inflection of the adjective deductive.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adjective Form (deductive)	1. Relating to logical deduction; "deductive reasoning".[Wordnet]. 2. Involving inferences from general principles.[Wordnet]. 3. Of or pertaining to deduction; capable of being deduced from premises; deducible.[Websters]. 4. Being inferential, illative or ratiocinative.[Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being rational or logical.[Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being scientific.[Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being dogmatic.[Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Adjective base of the adverb deductively.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.		Top

Date "DEDUCTIVELY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Domain	Definition
Noah Webster	[Adverb] By regular deduction; by way of inference; by consequence.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary	[Adverb] In a deductive manner; using deduction. (references)
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Expressions	Definition
Deductive database	A deductive database system is a database system which can make deductions (ie: infer additional rules or facts) based on rules and facts stored in the (deductive) database. (references)
Deductive mood	Deductive mood is a grammatical mood that indicates that the truth of the statement was deduced from other information, rather than being directly known. In English, deductive mood is often indicated by the word must, which is also used for many other purposes. By contrast, some other languages have special words or verb affixes to indicate deductive mood specifically. (references)
Deductive reasoning	Reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
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Expressions	Domain	Definition
Deductive database	Computing	Deductive database A combination of a conventional database containing facts, a knowledge base containing rules, and an inference engine which allows the derivation of information implied by the facts and rules. Commonly, the knowledge base is expressed in a subset of first-order logic and either a SLDNF or Datalog inference engine is used. (1995-04-27). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing..
Deductive imputation	Statistics	One the three main types of imputation of missing data, where the imputed value is taken from known data. Source: European Union. (references)
Deductive item	Insurance	A fixed figure. Source: European Union. (references)
Deductive reckoning	Aerospace	The navigation of an airplane solely by means of computations based on airspeed, course, heading, wind direction, and speed, groundspeed, and elapsed time. (references)
Deductive tableau	Computing	Deductive tableau A theorem proof system consisting of a table whose rows contain assertions or goals. Variables in assertions are implicitly universally quantified and variables in goals are implicitly existentially quantified. The declarative meaning of a tableau is that if every instance of every assertion is true then some instance of at least one of the goals is true. (1994-12-07). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing..
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