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Illative conversionIllative Il"la*tive, a. [L. illativus: cf. F. illatif.]
Relating to, dependent on, or denoting, illation;
inferential; conclusive; as, an illative consequence or
proposition; an illative word, as then, therefore, etc.
Illative conversion (Logic), a converse or reverse
statement of a proposition which in that form must be true
because the original proposition is true.
Illative sense (Metaph.), the faculty of the mind by which
it apprehends the conditions and determines upon the
correctness of inferences. InversionInversion In*ver"sion, n. [L. inversio: cf. F. inversion. See
Invert.]
1. The act of inverting, or turning over or backward, or the
state of being inverted.
2. A change by inverted order; a reversed position or
arrangement of things; transposition.
It is just the inversion of an act of Parliament;
your lordship first signed it, and then it was
passed among the Lords and Commons. --Dryden.
3. (Mil.) A movement in tactics by which the order of
companies in line is inverted, the right being on the
left, the left on the right, and so on.
4. (Math.) A change in the order of the terms of a
proportion, so that the second takes the place of the
first, and the fourth of the third.
5. (Geom.) A peculiar method of transformation, in which a
figure is replaced by its inverse figure. Propositions
that are true for the original figure thus furnish new
propositions that are true in the inverse figure. See
Inverse figures, under Inverse.
6. (Gram.) A change of the usual order of words or phrases;
as, ``of all vices, impurity is one of the most
detestable,' instead of, ``impurity is one of the most
detestable of all vices.'
7. (Rhet.) A method of reasoning in which the orator shows
that arguments advanced by his adversary in opposition to
him are really favorable to his cause.
8. (Mus.)
(a) Said of intervals, when the lower tone is placed an
octave higher, so that fifths become fourths, thirds
sixths, etc.
(b) Said of a chord, when one of its notes, other than its
root, is made the bass.
(c) Said of a subject, or phrase, when the intervals of
which it consists are repeated in the contrary
direction, rising instead of falling, or vice versa.
(d) Said of double counterpoint, when an upper and a lower
part change places.
9. (Geol.) The folding back of strata upon themselves, as by
upheaval, in such a manner that the order of succession
appears to be reversed.
10. (Chem.) The act or process by which cane sugar (sucrose),
under the action of heat and acids or ferments (as
diastase), is broken or split up into grape sugar
(dextrose), and fruit sugar (levulose); also, less
properly, the process by which starch is converted into
grape sugar (dextrose).
Note: The terms invert and inversion, in this sense, owe
their meaning to the fact that the plane of
polarization of light, which is rotated to the right by
cane sugar, is turned toward the left by levulose. Reconversion
Reconversion Re`con*ver"sion (-v?r"sh?n), n.
A second conversion.
Unconversion
Unconversion Un`con*ver"sion, n.
The state of being unconverted; impenitence. [R.]
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