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[ adverb ] (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result

Synonyms

thus therefore thence

Examples

"therefore X must be true" "the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory" "we were young and thence optimistic" "it is late and thus we must go"

Used in print

(The Sun, [Baltimore],...)

He hopes to melt_off an additional eight pounds before the Flock breaks_camp three weeks hence .

(Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)

Hence , if what is in_question is whether in a given theology myth is or is not completely rejected , it is unimportant whether only a_little bit of myth or a considerable quantity is accepted ; for , in either event , the first possibility is excluded .

(Raymond C. Binder et al., editors, Proceedings...)

Hence , the flow conditions at the anode of free_burning arcs resemble those near a stagnation point .

(James A. Ibers et al., "Proton magnetic resonance...)

Hence , the electron paramagnetic effects ( slope ) can be separated from the nuclear effects ( intercept ) .

Hence it is difficult to conceive_of a packing of the atoms in this material in which the oxygen atoms are far from geometrical equivalence .

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 30282
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[ adverb ] (archaic) from this place

Examples

"get thee hence!"

Related terms

archaism

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[ adverb ] from this time

Examples

"a year hence it will be forgotten"

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