Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Traduction

Traduction , noun

[Latin traductio a transferring: compare French traduction translation. See Traduce.]

1.
Transmission from one to another. [Obsolete]
Traditional communication and traduction of truths. — Sir M. Hale
2.
Translation from one language to another. [Obsolete]
3.
Derivation by descent; propagation. [Rare]
If by traduction came thy mind, Our wonder is the less to find A soul so charming from a stock so good. — Dryden
4.
The act of transferring; conveyance; transportation. [Rare]
The traduction of brutes. — Sir M. Hale
5.
Transition. [Obsolete] — Bacon
6.
(Logic) A process of reasoning in which each conclusion applies to just such an object as each of the premises applies to. — Jevons