Abduction
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noun


(1)   (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body
(2)   The criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife
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Etymology


From , from . Compare French .

Noun



  1. The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away. — Roget
  2. The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.
  3. The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being.
    • the abduction of a child
    • the abduction of an heiress
  4. A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable.
    • 2005, Ronnie Cann, Ruth Kempson, Lutz Marten, The Dynamics of Language, an Introduction, p. 256
      The significance of such a step is that it is not morphologically triggered: it is a step of abduction, and what is required here is a meta-level process of reasoning.
  5. The process of inference to the best explanation; abductive reasoning.
  6. The process used in getting students to see disciplinary regularity through the use of metaphor.
  7. Determining the best or most plausible of many possible explanations for a set of facts.


Gregg

  • (Version: Centennial, Series 90, DJS, Simplified, Anniversary, Pre-Anniversary): a - b - d - u - k - sh

Etymology


From , from .

Noun



  1. Abductive movement; abduction.
  2. Abductive reasoning; abduction.
  3. An alien abduction.


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