retroduction (English, noun)
expansion: retroduction (countable and uncountable, plural retroductions)
Senses:
glosses: A leading or bringing back.
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Synonym of abduction.
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: A system of research or problem-solving based on abduction; A dialectic method of working from existing information to achieve a theory or from a desired outcome to achieve a design.
tags: broadly
countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: retroductions
tags: plural