Deductions
[dɪ'dʌkʃən]
Examples
- Notwithstanding the late hour, he turns over to the next page and goes on to write his deductions from this result as compared with those previously obtained. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- You see, Watson, our little deductions have suddenly assumed a much more important and less innocent aspect. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Hence it has been argued that no deductions can be drawn from domestic races to species in a state of nature. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Surely my deductions are simplicity itself, said he. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- There were twenty-three other deductions which would be of more interest to experts than to you. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The little that was left in the world, when all these deductions were made, it was Mrs General's province to varnish. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Maybe the Poet Lariat ain't satisfied with them deductions? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- His next step proved conclusively the correctness of his old deductions. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- At this point I agreed with you that it was preposterous, and was glad to find that all my deductions had been correct. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I am afraid, Holmes, that you are not very practical with your deductions and your inferences. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was a simple story which he had to tell, and one which did but confirm our own deductions. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- We have got to the deductions and the inferences, said Lestrade, winking at me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- At times he substituted stuffed birds for the metal planes, on the action of which under air pressure his scientific deductions were based. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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