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English Dictionary: inference by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inference
n
  1. the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation
    Synonym(s): inference, illation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Inference \In"fer*ence\, n. [From {Infer}.]
      1. The act or process of inferring by deduction or induction.
  
                     Though it may chance to be right in the conclusions,
                     it is yet unjust and mistaken in the method of
                     inference.                                          --Glanvill.
  
      2. That which inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from
            another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a
            conclusion; a deduction. --Milton.
  
                     These inferences, or conclusions, are the effects of
                     reasoning, and the three propositions, taken all
                     together, are called syllogism, or argument. --I.
                                                                              Watts.
  
      Syn: Conclusion; deduction; consequence.
  
      Usage: {Inference}, {Conclusion}. An inference is literally
                  that which is brought in; and hence, a deduction or
                  induction from premises, -- something which follows as
                  certainly or probably true. A conclusion is stronger
                  than an inference; it shuts us up to the result, and
                  terminates inquiry. We infer what is particular or
                  probable; we conclude what is certain. In a chain of
                  reasoning we have many inferences, which lead to the
                  ultimate conclusion. [bd]An inference is a proposition
                  which is perceived to be true, because of its
                  connection with some known fact.[b8] [bd]When
                  something is simply affirmed to be true, it is called
                  a proposition; after it has been found to be true by
                  several reasons or arguments, it is called a
                  conclusion.[b8] --I. Taylor.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   inference
  
      The logical process by which new facts are derived
      from known facts by the application of {inference rule}s.
  
      See also {symbolic inference}, {type inference}.
  
      (1995-03-20)
  
  
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