the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Of or pertaining to deduction; capable of being deduced from premises; deducible.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Consisting of deduction; of the nature of or based on inference from accepted principles.
Deduced; derived as a conclusion from accepted principles; relating to inference from a principle to the results of that principle in any special case.
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adj. relating to logical deduction
adj. involving inferences from general principles
Word Usage
"Deductive inconsistency so defined determines one kind of incoherence in belief, which I refer to as deductive incoherence."