noun
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something educed
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the act or process of educing
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the exhaust stroke of a steam or internal-combustion engine Compare induction
Etymology
Origin of eduction
1640–50; < Latin ēductiōn- (stem of ēductiō ), equivalent to ēduct ( us ) ( educt ) + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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Among those without formal eduction, that drops to eight percent.
From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026
Project 2025 noted that the Civil Penalty Fund was created both to provide money to compensate victims of financial rip-offs and to fund programs in financial literacy and consumer eduction.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2025
A consumer based model of higher eduction prioritizes offending no one.
From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2016
Gregory continues and the man says. ”The true value of a college eduction is intangible.”
From Forbes • Apr. 7, 2014
But traduction and eduction are equally inexplicable when it is a question of finding the origin of the soul.
From Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil by Huggard, E.M.
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