technical Commonly used in property descriptions by land surveyors, or aviators relating to IFR established flying procedures, e.g. Cross fix at 6000 feet, thence descend to 3000 feet and fly direct to MAP (missed approach point).
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"
from that place or from there; "proceeded thence directly to college"; "flew to Helsinki and thence to Moscow"; "roads that lead therefrom" from that circumstance or source; "atomic formulas and all compounds thence constructible"- W
from that circumstance or source; "atomic formulas and all compounds thence constructible"- W
(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"
Thence is used to say that something changes from one state or condition to another. the conversion of sunlight into heat and thence into electricity. from there or following that (thanon )
Thence means from a particular place, especially when you are giving directions about how to get somewhere. I ran straight up to Columbia County, then turned East, came down the Harlem Valley and thence home
from that place or from there; "proceeded thence directly to college"; "flew to Helsinki and thence to Moscow"; "roads that lead therefrom"
[ '[th]en(t)s also ] (adverb.) 14th century. Middle English thannes, from thanne from that place, from Old English thanon; akin to Old High German thanan from that place, Old English thænne then; more at THEN.