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    abduction
    noun the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man`s wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=abduction
    
    
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    abduction
    (ab-duk´shәn) the act of abducting; the state of being abducted. Abduction of the fingers.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
    
    
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    Abduction
    • (n.) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away. • (n.) The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body. • (n.) The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being; as, the abduction of a child, t...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/abduction/
    
    
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    abduction
    (from the article `Peirce, Charles Sanders`) ...deductive, or mathematical, logic, Peirce was a student primarily of `the logic of science`—i.e., of induction and of what he referred to as ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/4
    
    
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    abduction
    in law, the carrying away of any female for purposes of concubinage or prostitution. The taking of a girl under a designated age for purposes of ... [1 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/4
    
    
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    abduction
    abduction 1. A leading away. 2. The act of illegally carrying off or leading away anyone, such as a wife, child, ward, voter. Applied to any leading away of a minor under the age of sixteen, without the consent of the parent or guardian; and the forcible carrying off of any one above that age.
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2734/
    
    
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    abduction
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ab-dŭk′shŭn Definitions: 1. Movement of a body part away from the median plane (of the body, in the case of limbs; of the hand or foot, in the case of digits). 2. Monocular rotation (duction) of the eye toward the temple. 3. A position resulting from such mo...
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=74
    
    
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    Abduction
    [The Outer Limits] "Abduction" is an episode of The Outer Limits television series. It first aired on 18 August 2001, during the seventh season. ==Introduction== An alien kidnaps five high school students, and tells them that one must be killed. They must decide which of them it will be. ==O...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abduction_(The_Outer_Limits)
    
    
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    abduction
    (logic) The process of inference to the best explanation. Abduction is sometimes used to mean just the generation of hypotheses to explain observations or conclusionsm, but the former definition is more common both in philosophy and computing. The semantics and the implementation of abduction cannot...
    Found op http://foldoc.org/abduction
    
    
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    abduction
    The movement of a body part away from the axis or midline of the body. Also, the movement of a digit away from the axis of the limb. Muscles that carry out abduction are called abductors and are largely found in the limbs and neck. The opposite movement is called adduction.
    Found op http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/A/abduction.html
    
    
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    Abduction
    (Gr. apagoge) In Aristotle's logic a syllogism whose major premiss is certain but whose minor premiss is only probable. -- G.R.M. In Peirce: type of inference yielding an explanatory hypothesis (q.v.), rather than a result of deductive application of a 'rule' to a 'case' or establishment of a rule b...
    Found op http://www.ditext.com/runes/a.html
    
    
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    Abduction
    n. the carrying away of any person by luring, by force or by fraud. This is a misdemeanor punishable by indictment. A near synonym in criminal law is kidnapping but it is restrictive in its meaning as it refers to abduction by force or the threat of force.
    Found op http://www.legal-explanations.com/definitions/abduction.htm
    
    
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    Abduction
    In logic abduction is a syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/AA.HTM
    
    

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