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Etymology
From L. term|abductio < term|abduco|abducere||to lead away. Compare French term|lang=fr|abduction.

Noun
en-noun

1. rfdate|make this into proper citation The act of abduce|abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away. � Roget
2. context|physiology 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.

#* the abduction of a child
#* the abduction of an heiress

1. logic 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.

1. computing The process of inference to the best explanation; abductive reasoning.
2. context|education The process used in getting students to see disciplinary regularity through the use of metaphor.

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Synonyms
sense|law|carrying off of human being kidnapping

Translations
trans-top|act of abducing or abducting
German: t+|de|Entführung|f
Italian: t+|it|rapimento|m
Japanese: �� (yūkai)
trans-mid
Norwegian: t-|no|bortføring|c
Portuguese: qualifier|Brazil t-|pt|abdução|m, qualifier|Portugal t-|pt|abducção|m
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trans-top|physiology: movement separating limb from axis
French: t+|fr|abduction|f
German: t-|de|Abduktion|f
Italian: t-|it|abduzione|f
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Norwegian: t-|no|abduksjon|m
Portuguese: qualifier|Brazil t-|pt|abdução|m, qualifier|Portugal t-|pt|abducção|m
Spanish: t-|es|abducción|f
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trans-top|law: carrying off of a human being
Dutch: t-|nl|ontvoering|f, t-|nl|kidnapping|f
French: t+|fr|rapt|m, t-|fr|enlèvement|m
German: t+|de|Entführung|f
Italian: t+|it|rapimento|m
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Japanese: �� (yūkai)
Norwegian: t-|no|bortføring|c, t-|no|kidnapping|c
Portuguese: t-|pt|rapto, t-|pt|abdução|f, qualifier|Brazil t-|pt|seqüestro|m, qualifier|Portugal t-|pt|abducção|m
Slovene: t+|sl|ugrabitev|f
Spanish: t-|es|rapto|m
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trans-top|logic: syllogism
Dutch: t-|nl|abductie|f
Italian: t-|it|abduzione|f
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Spanish: t-|es|abducción|f
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trans-top|computing: process of inference
Dutch: t-|nl|abductie|f
French: t+|fr|abduction|f
trans-mid
Portuguese: qualifier|Brazil t-|pt|abdução|m, qualifier|Portugal t-|pt|abducção|m
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trans-top|education: process used in getting students to see disciplinary regularity
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ttbc|French: t+|fr|abduction|f
ttbc|Interlingua: t-|ia|abduction|xs=Interlingua
ttbc|Malay: penculikan
ttbc|Tamil: ��த�தல�
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Derived terms
alien abduction

Shorthand

Gregg
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References
R:Webster 1913

French

Noun
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1. #English|abduction

Interlingua

Noun
abduction

1. #English|abduction

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