Sentence:  <WSD>"CONSILIENCE</WSD> of INDUCTIONS" takes place when an induction obtained from one class of facts coincides with an induction obtained from a different class. This <WSD>"consilience</WSD>" is the test of the truth of the theory in which it occurs. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The concurrence of multiple inductions drawn from different data sets. (from 1840)