(n.) Act of deducting or taking away; subtraction; as, the deduction of the subtrahend from the minuend.
(n.) That which is deduced or drawn from premises by a process of reasoning; an inference; a conclusion.
(n.) That which is deducted; the part taken away; abatement; as, a deduction from the yearly rent.
Example Sentences:
(1) The 2,800-molecular-weight oligosaccharide was a constituent of the hemagglutinin, and treatment of this large oligosaccharide with specific exo-glycosidases demonstrated the presence of terminal galactose and fucose and allowed the deduction of a general structure for this component.
(2) In addition to the image of the soft tissue and alveolar bone provided, this procedure makes the deduction of the ideal fixture site possible.
(3) This deduction was supported by an exploratory dose-seeking study that spanned five years in 20 patients with recurrent (non-gall stone) acute or chronic pancreatitis and confirmed by a 20-week double-blind placebo-controlled crossover trial of the successful combination (daily doses of 600 micrograms organic selenium, 0.54 g vitamin C, 9000 IU B-carotene, 270 IU vitamin E and 2 g methionine) in a further 20 cases.
(4) Donald Trump has continued his criticism of Hillary Clinton’s support for election recounts in three states, claiming he won the popular vote “if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally”.
(5) How many of those will he give before deducting a point?
(6) Government-funded health insurance programs that claim to provide comprehensive funding of their clients' demands have commonly adopted a purposive (deductive) approach to the problem of health care funding.
(7) This deduction was based on the subepithelial growth pattern and the presence of in-situ carcinoma showing a glandular or squamous pattern at the location of the esophageal gland duct.
(8) Review negative gearing Federal Labor and the Greens have proposed a rethink of negative gearing, the practice of property investors claiming their losses as a deduction against their taxable income.
(9) PSG's title will not, however, be confirmed until a league disciplinary panel meets to decide whether to impose a points deduction following allegations that their sporting director, Leonardo, barged a referee.
(10) The Swiss authorities tax these lending units as if they were required to pay large, tax-deductible interest bills – even if they have no such cost.
(11) Comparison of genomic and cDNA clones allowed the correct deduction of the intron boundaries and the 3'-end cleavage site of this gene.
(12) Both Red Star and Partizan began the next season with a six-point deduction because of the previous season's events [along with eight other clubs].
(13) These results with fura-2-loaded platelets indicate that mobilisation of internal Ca2+ can contribute a substantial proportion of the early peak [Ca2+]i evoked by thrombin directly confirming the deductions from previous work with different loadings of quin2.
(14) There is good reason to hope that the speculative nature which at this time pervades our bridging efforts will eventually be substituted by unequivocal facts and deductions.
(15) The number of uninsured was estimated deductively from the coverages of those insurance companies doing business in the state, with an additional factor for persons with more than one policy coverage.
(16) Researchers have indicated that the single-case study experimental design may be of value in chiropractic clinical practice, allowing for the formulation of deductive conclusions derived from each case.
(17) The inheritance levy, thought to be £20,000, would be deducted from the estates of older people when they die, replacing a system that forces many pensioners to sell their family homes to fund nursing home bills.
(18) Final deductions, however, must be followed by careful checking of all individual histories.
(19) Available data do not, at present, permit deduction as to whether additional selenium intake in man, exposed to mercury vapor or mercuric mercury, will have any effect, beneficial or adverse.
(20) Histological observations correlate well with tensiometry deductions.
Logic
Definition:
(n.) The science or art of exact reasoning, or of pure and formal thought, or of the laws according to which the processes of pure thinking should be conducted; the science of the formation and application of general notions; the science of generalization, judgment, classification, reasoning, and systematic arrangement; correct reasoning.
(n.) A treatise on logic; as, Mill's Logic.
Example Sentences:
(1) It would seem logical to select an antihypertensive drug that does not reduce exercise capacity when treating physically active patients with mild and moderate hypertension.
(2) In clinical situations in which complement is damaging, the logical therapy should be, if at all possible, the removal of the activated complement components from the circulation.
(3) Opposition to legal abortion takes magical thinking and a lack of logic | Jessica Valenti Read more The only female Republican candidate for the White House has doubled down on her restrictive position over reproductive rights since a successful debate performance .
(4) The rationale for this assumption seems logical because using all of the available accommodation is not sustainable without discomfort.
(5) He always had a logical approach to his arguments and I would have described him as fair at the time.
(6) Greece sincerely had no intention of clashing with its partners, Varoufakis insisted, but the logic of austerity was such that policies conducted in its embrace could only fail.
(7) The ordered aspect of the genetic code table makes this result a plausible starting point for studies of the origin and evolution of the genetic code: these could include, besides a more refined optimization principle at the logical level, some effects more directly related to the physico-chemical context, and the construction of realistic models incorporating both aspects.
(8) The diagnosis of cervical injuries may be facilitated by following a logical pattern of analysis searching for abnormalities of alignment and anatomy, of bony integrity, of the cartilage or joint spaces, and of the soft tissues.
(9) The end of the cold war and a reshaping of the threats faced by the UK had undermined the logic of nuclear deterrence strategy, he said.
(10) Cameron knew the latter option was not open to him, and had the guts to follow where the implacable logic led.
(11) Results reveal a logical, understandable, and largely adaptive response to intractable seizures and offer little support for the concept of a dysfunctional or pathological interictal personality style.
(12) It imposes a standard of logical reductionism and methodological purity that not only violates the nature of psychoanalytic knowledge, but imposes an invalid standard of verification and scientific confirmation.
(13) A second, un-named Encephalitozoon-like intestinal microsporidia has been identified in five AIDS patients with chronic diarrhea; because it infects lamina propria macrophages, it was logical to investigate its dissemination.
(14) Bypass of surgically inaccessible stenoses or occlusions appears to be a logical technique to prevent future stroke but there is much uncertainty about the clinical indications for surgery and even the natural history of the lesions being bypassed.
(15) The apotheosis of the cockamamie logic surrounding the sale, is the idea that some of the City institutions set to make a killing may own our pensions.
(16) The strict logic is on Sir Menzies's side, but Britain's asymmetric devolution is not unique.
(17) So, logic would dictate that if Greeks are genuinely in favour of reform – and opinion polls have consistently shown wide support for many of the structural changes needed – they would be foolish to give these two parties another chance.
(18) Therefore it would be valuable to use a representation that would allow: knowledge transfer between different systems, users, experts and 'importers' to be able to evaluate the logic, experts to easily input their knowledge and be guided how to use the syntax.
(19) the institutional logic: child's age when admitted, institutional categories.
(20) The implications of these observations in supporting a model of phleomycin amplification proposed previously (6) and their utility in providing a logic for developing a new class of antibiotics are discussed.