The mathematics of the collection, organization, and interpretation of numerical data, especially the analysis of population characteristics by inference from sampling, Classified facts of a numerical nature regarding any topic, Plural form of statistic

The quality of any thing or substance, or emanation therefrom, which affects the olfactory organs; odor; scent; fragrance; perfume, A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance, physiology The sense that detects odours, intransitive verb_ To perceive (an odor) by the sense of smell, To detect or discover, as by intuition or inference, To have or emit an unpleasant odor; stink, transitive verb_ To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate materials or qualities; to obtain the scent of, To detect or perceive, as if by the sense of smell; to scent out; -- often with out, To sense a smell or smells

an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation), The act of restricting, or the state of being restricted, The inference from a universal to a particular proposition, or to one in which the subject is narrower while the predicate remains the same_ as, all crows are black, hence some white crows are black. The example illustrates the danger of such inference

The act or process of adducing a reason or reasons; manner of presenting one's reasons, That which is offered in argument; proofs or reasons when arranged and developed; course of argument, The deduction of inferences or interpretations from premises; abstract thought; ratiocination, verb_ Present participle of reason, adjective_ endowed with the capacity to reason