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English - Pronunciation
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əbˈdʌk.ʃn̩/
* (US) IPA(key): /æbˈdʌk.ʃn̩/, /æbˈdək.ʃn̩/, /əbˈdək.ʃn̩/
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English - Noun
ABDUCTION (_plural_ ABDUCTIONS)
* Leading away; a carrying away. [Early 17th century.]
* (physiology) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body. [Mid 17th century.]
* (logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable. [Late 17th century.]
* 2005, Ronnie Cann, Ruth Kempson, Lutz Marten, _The Dynamics of Language, an Introduction_, page 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.
* The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being. [Mid 18th century.]
_the ABDUCTION of a child_
USAGE NOTES
* In Gregg shorthand (version: Centennial, Series 90, DJS, Simplified, Anniversary, Pre-Anniversary) the word is represented: a - b - d - u - k - sh
SYNONYMS
* (legal, carrying off of human being): kidnapping
* (logic): retroduction
* (determining most plausible explanation): retroduction
ANTONYMS
* (physiology): adduction
DERIVED TERMS
* alien abduction
RELATED TERMS
* abduce
TRANSLATIONS
abduction
(plural abductions)
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Leading away; a carrying away. [Early 17th century.]
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(physiology) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body. [Mid 17th century.]
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(logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable. [Late 17th century.]
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The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being. [Mid 18th century.]
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the abduction of a child
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* ^ Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), _Chambers Dictionary of Etymology_ (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 [1998], ISBN 0550142304), page 2
* ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Lesley Brown (editor), _The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary_, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 3
- ^ Elliott K. Dobbie, C.
William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 [1998], ISBN 0550142304), page 2
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↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary,
5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 3
Que a categoria em FRENCH - PRONUNCIATION
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* IPA(key): /abdyksjɔ̃/
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* “abduction” in _le Trésor de la langue française informatisé_ (_The Digitized Treasury of the French Language_).
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