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abductive

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English

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Etymology

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From abduct +‎ -ive.

Pronunciation

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

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abductive (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Related or pertaining to abductor muscles and their movement. [Mid 19th century.][1]
  2. (logic, computing) Being or relating to a logical process 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

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abductive”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.

French

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Adjective

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abductive

  1. feminine singular of abductif

Latin

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Adjective

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abductīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of abductīvus