Definition of Abducteon
Ab*duc"tion (&?;), n. [L. abductio:
cf. F. abduction.] 1. The act of abducing or
abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away. Roget.
2. (Physiol.) The movement which separates a
limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.
3. (Law) The wrongful, and usually the
forcible, carrying off of a human being; as, the abduction of a
child, the abduction of an heiress.
4. (Logic) A syllogism or form of argument
in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away. - Roget
- (Physiology): The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.
- (Law) The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being; as, the abduction of a child, the abduction of an heiress.
- (Logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable.
- (computing): The process of inference to the best explanation; abductive reasoning.
- (education): The process used in getting students to see disciplinary regularity through the use of metaphor.
French
- abduction
[[Interlingua]]
- abduction
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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