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deductive

adj

/dɪˈdʌktɪv/UK

Etymology

From deduct + -ive.

borrowed from deductus
suffixed as deductive — “deduct + ive”

Definitions

Of, pertaining to, or based on deduction (process of reasoning).
2
Based on inferences from general principles.
- deductive system of semantics

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Derived

deductive closure, deductive database, deductive inference, deductive language, deductively, deductive mood, deductiveness, deductive reasoning, deductivism, deductivist, deductivistic, hypothetico-deductive, hypotheticodeductive, nondeductive, undeductive

Vish — recursive loop

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