retroduction
A system of research or problem-solving based on abduction; A dialectic method of working from existing information to achieve a theory or from a desired outcome to achieve a design.
countable, uncountable
This is the big advantage of retroduction; it is difficult the first time it is attempted, but with a little experience, you can select the designs more and more quickly. Most good designers perform retroduction without realizing it.
A leading or bringing back.
countable, obsolete, uncountable
On the subject of Planting, Mr. M. is of opinion that 'the offering premiums for the general increase of wood is going retrograde, or constributing towards a retroduction of uncultivated nature; instead of which, this country ought to be in a state of garden-like cultivation.
Where it comes from
From Latin retroducere, retroductum (“to lead or bring back”), from retro (“backward”) + ducere (“to lead”).
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry retroduction (CC BY-SA 4.0).