abductive

English

Etymology

abduct +‎ -ive

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /æbˈdʌk.tɪv/, /ˈæbˌdək.tɪv/

Adjective

abductive (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Related or pertaining to abductor muscles and their movement. [Mid 19th century.][1]
  2. (logic, computing) Characterizing a logical process as being one of abduction or inference. [Early 20th century.][1]
  3. (rare) Abducting, pertaining to an abduction (a kidnapping).
    • 2010, Steve Hendricks, A Kidnapping in Milan: The CIA on Trial →ISBN, page 169:
      The logs showed that between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on the abductive day, 10,718 SIMs connected with the seven […] Some people in the kidnap zone would of course have called each other innocently, but […]

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References

  1. 1 2 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], →ISBN), page 3

French

Adjective

abductive

  1. feminine singular of abductif

Latin

Adjective

abductīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of abductīvus
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