INFERENCE


Meaning of INFERENCE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈin-f(ə-)rən(t)s, -fərn(t)s ]

noun

Date: 1594

1. : the act or process of inferring: as

a. : the act of passing from one proposition, statement, or judgment considered as true to another whose truth is believed to follow from that of the former

b. : the act of passing from statistical sample data to generalizations (as of the value of population parameters) usually with calculated degrees of certainty

2. : something that is inferred ; especially : a proposition arrived at by inference

3. : the premises and conclusion of a process of inferring

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