Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
DEDUCTIVE
deductive
(adjective) involving inferences from general principles
deductive
(adjective) relating to logical deduction; “deductive reasoning”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
deductive (comparative more deductive, superlative most deductive)
Of, pertaining to, or based on deduction (process of reasoning).
(logic) Based on inferences from general principles.
Source: Wiktionary
De*duct"ive, a. Etym: [Cf. L. deductivus derivative.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to deduction; capable of being deduced from premises; deducible. All knowledge of causes is deductive. Glanvill. Notions and ideas . . . used in a deductive process. Whewell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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