English
Etymology
Latin illatio, from the past participle stem of inferre.

Pronunciation
IPA: /ɪ'leɪ��n/

Noun
en-noun

1. the act of inferring or concluding

#:*1974: Adriaan moved to Pierce�s American illation whereby an if begets a therefore, event by event, the javelin�s flight issuing from the web of contingencies in which we may locate the javelin and the javelineer � Guy Davenport, Tatlin!

1. an inference, a deduction or conclusion

vi:illation
zh:illation

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