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InferenceInference 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 machineMachine 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.
InfernoInferno 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.
InferobranchiataInferobranchiata 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.
InfertileInfertile 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.
Misinfer
Misinfer Mis`in*fer", v. t.
To infer incorrectly.
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