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Inference
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. ``An inference is a proposition which is perceived to be true, because of its connection with some known fact.' ``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.' --I. Taylor.
Inferential
Inferential In`fer*en"tial, a. Deduced or deducible by inference. ``Inferential proofs.' --J. S. Mill.
Inferentially
Inferentially In`fer*en"tial*ly, adv. By way of inference.
Inferiae
Inferiae In*fe"ri*[ae], n. pl. [L., fr. inferus underneath.] (Rom. Antiq.) Sacrifices offered to the souls of deceased heroes or friends.
Inferior
Inferior In*fe"ri*or, n. A person lower in station, rank, intellect, etc., than another. A great person gets more by obliging his inferior than by disdaining him. --South.
Inferiorly
Inferiorly In*fe"ri*or*ly, adv. In an inferior manner, or on the inferior part.
Infernal
Infernal In*fer"nal, n. An inhabitant of the infernal regions; also, the place itself. [Obs.] --Drayton.
Infernal machine
Machine Ma*chine", n. [F., fr. L. machina machine, engine, device, trick, Gr. ?, from ? means, expedient. Cf. Mechanic.] 1. In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmitted and modified, as a screw and its nut, or a lever arranged to turn about a fulcrum or a pulley about its pivot, etc.; especially, a construction, more or less complex, consisting of a combination of moving parts, or simple mechanical elements, as wheels, levers, cams, etc., with their supports and connecting framework, calculated to constitute a prime mover, or to receive force and motion from a prime mover or from another machine, and transmit, modify, and apply them to the production of some desired mechanical effect or work, as weaving by a loom, or the excitation of electricity by an electrical machine. Note: The term machine is most commonly applied to such pieces of mechanism as are used in the industrial arts, for mechanically shaping, dressing, and combining materials for various purposes, as in the manufacture of cloth, etc. Where the effect is chemical, or other than mechanical, the contrivance is usually denominated an apparatus, not a machine; as, a bleaching apparatus. Many large, powerful, or specially important pieces of mechanism are called engines; as, a steam engine, fire engine, graduating engine, etc. Although there is no well-settled distinction between the terms engine and machine among practical men, there is a tendency to restrict the application of the former to contrivances in which the operating part is not distinct from the motor. 2. Any mechanical contrivance, as the wooden horse with which the Greeks entered Troy; a coach; a bicycle. --Dryden. --Southey. --Thackeray. 3. A person who acts mechanically or at will of another. 4. A combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use; as, the social machine. The whole machine of government ought not to bear upon the people with a weight so heavy and oppressive. --Landor. 5. A political organization arranged and controlled by one or more leaders for selfish, private or partisan ends. [Political Cant] 6. Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit. --Addison. Elementary machine, a name sometimes given to one of the simple mechanical powers. See under Mechanical. Infernal machine. See under Infernal. Machine gun.See under Gun. Machine screw, a screw or bolt adapted for screwing into metal, in distinction from one which is designed especially to be screwed into wood. Machine shop, a workshop where machines are made, or where metal is shaped by cutting, filing, turning, etc. Machine tool, a machine for cutting or shaping wood, metal, etc., by means of a tool; especially, a machine, as a lathe, planer, drilling machine, etc., designed for a more or less general use in a machine shop, in distinction from a machine for producing a special article as in manufacturing. Machine twist, silken thread especially adapted for use in a sewing machine. Machine work, work done by a machine, in contradistinction to that done by hand labor.
Infernally
Infernally In*fer"nal*ly, adv. In an infernal manner; diabolically. ``Infernally false.' --Bp. Hacket.
Inferno
Inferno In*fer"no, n. [It. See Infernal.] The infernal regions; hell. Also used fig. At each sudden explosion in the inferno below they sprang back from the brink [of the volcanic crater]. --D. C. Worcester.
Inferobranchian
Inferobranchian In`fe*ro*bran"chi*an, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Inferobranchiata.
Inferobranchiata
Inferobranchiata In`fe*ro*bran`chi*a"ta, n. pl. [NL. See Inferobranchiate.] (Zo["o]l.) A suborder of marine gastropod mollusks, in which the gills are between the foot and the mantle.
Inferobranchiate
Inferobranchiate In`fe*ro*bran"chi*ate, a. [L. inferus lower + E. branchiate.] (Zo["o]l.) Having the gills on the sides of the body, under the margin of the mantle; belonging to the Inferobranchiata.
Inferrible
Inferrible In*fer"ri*ble, a. Inferable.
Infertile
Infertile In*fer"tile, a. [L. infertilis: cf. F. infertile. See In- not, and Fertile.] Not fertile; not productive; barren; sterile; as, an infertile soil.
Infertilely
Infertilely In*fer"tile*ly, adv. In an infertile manner.
Lapis infernalis
Lapis La"pis, n.; pl. Lapides. [L.] A stone. Lapis calaminaris. [NL.] (Min.) Calamine. Lapis infernalis. [L.] Fused nitrate of silver; lunar caustic.
Misinfer
Misinfer Mis`in*fer", v. t. To infer incorrectly.

Meaning of Infer from wikipedia

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