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Посылка
A feminine noun. In logic it is the proposition a conclusion rests on. In everyday Russian the same word means a parcel.
Examples in context
Ложная посылка ведёт к неверным выводам.
A false premise leads to wrong conclusions.
Это была ключевая посылка его рассуждения.
That was the key premise of his reasoning.
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