What is "inferential"

Inferential \In`fer*en"tial\, a. Deduced or deducible by inference. ``Inferential proofs.''
--J. S. Mill.

1650s, from Medieval Latin inferentia (see inference) + adj. suffix -al (1).

a. Of, pertaining to, or derived using inference

1. adj. relating to or having the nature of illation or inference; "the illative faculty of the mind" [syn: illative]

2. of reasoning; proceeding from general premisses to a necessary and specific conclusion

3. resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference; "an illative conclusion"; "inferential reasoning" [syn: illative]

4. derived or capable of being derived by inference

5. based on interpretation; not directly expressed

Inferential may refer to:

• Inferential statistics; see statistical inference
• Inference (logic)
• Inferential mood (grammar)
• Inferential programming
• Inferential role semantics
• Inferential theory of learning
• Informal inferential reasoning
• Simple non-inferential passage