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dis⋅cur⋅sion

  [di-skur-shuhn]
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–noun
1. an instance of discursive writing, speech, etc.; a wandering or logically unconnected statement.
2. the quality or characteristic of ranging from topic to topic; discursiveness; digressiveness.
3. the process or procedure of rigorous formal analysis or demonstration, as distinguished from immediate or intuitive formulation.
Origin:
1525–35; < LL discursiōn- (s. of discursiō) a running to and fro. See discourse, -ion
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Discursion

Dis*cur"sion\, n. [LL. discursio a running different ways. See Discourse.] The act of discoursing or reasoning; range, as from thought to thought. --Coleridge.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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