Traduction

[L. traductio a transferring: cf. F. traduction translation. See Traduce.]

1. Transmission from one to another. [Obs.]

Traditional communication and traduction of truths.

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.

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.