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S: (n) extrapolation ((mathematics) calculation of the value of a function outside the range of known values)
S: (n) extrapolation (an inference about the future (or about some hypothetical situation) based on known facts and observations)

S: (n) inference, illation (the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation)

S: (n) analogy (an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others)
S: (n) corollary ((logic) an inference that follows directly from the proof of another proposition)

S: (n) derivation (a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions)
S: (n) deduction, entailment, implication (something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)) "his resignation had political implications"
S: (n) extrapolation (an inference about the future (or about some hypothetical situation) based on known facts and observations)
S: (n) presumption ((law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed)