traduction Meaning, Definition & Usage

Tra*duc"tion noun
Etymology
L. traductio a transferring: cf. F. traduction translation. See Traduce.
Definitions
  1. Transmission from one to another. Obs.
    Traditional communication and traduction of truths. Sir M. Hale.
  2. Translation from one language to another. Obs.
  3. 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.
  4. The act of transferring; conveyance; transportation. R. "The traduction of brutes." Sir M. Hale.
  5. Transition. Obs. Bacon.
  6. (Logic) A process of reasoning in which each conclusion applies to just such an object as each of the premises applies to. Jevons.

Webster 1913