inference

noun | \ ˈin-fə-rəns \ | in·fer·ence

1. : the act or process of inferring; specifically : the act of passing from one proposition, statement, or judgment considered as true to another whose truth is believed to follow logically from that of the former : the act of passing from one proposition, statement, or judgment considered as true to another whose truth is believed to follow logically from that of the former

2. : something inferred; especially : a proposition arrived at by inference — see also permissive presumption at presumption : a proposition arrived at by inference — see also permissive presumption at presumption

3. : the premises and conclusions of a process of inferring