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eduction

[ ih-duhk-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the act of educing.
  2. something educed.


eduction

/ ɪˈdʌkʃən /

noun

  1. something educed
  2. the act or process of educing
  3. the exhaust stroke of a steam or internal-combustion engine Compare induction
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of eduction1

1640–50; < Latin ēductiōn- (stem of ēductiō ), equivalent to ēduct ( us ) ( educt ) + -iōn- -ion
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Word History and Origins

Origin of eduction1

C17: from Latin ēductiō, from ēdūcere to educe
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Example Sentences

A shut-off valve was fitted in each of the eduction pipes leading to the condensers.

The eduction evaporating pipe c is provided with a stop-cock to cut off the communication when required.

The common opinion was that forms were derived from the potency of matter, this being called Eduction.

But traduction and eduction are equally inexplicable when it is a question of finding the origin of the soul.

This pipe is afterwards conveyed into a leaden chest or cylinder, in which all the other eduction pipes also terminate.

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