thence

adv 1: from that place or from there; "proceeded thence directly to

college"; "flew to Helsinki and thence to Moscow";

"roads that lead therefrom" [syn: {therefrom}]

2: from that circumstance or source; "atomic formulas and all

compounds thence constructible"- W.V.Quine; "a natural

conclusion follows thence";"public interest and a policy

deriving therefrom"; "Typhus fever results therefrom"

[syn: {therefrom}, {thereof}]

3: (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or

reason or as a result; "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";

"the witness is biased and so cannot be trusted" [syn: {therefore},

{hence}, {thus}]