1) Act of abducting 2) Alien encounter, some claim 3) Capture 4) Seizure 5) Taking badly 6) The state of being abducted
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movement of a joint away from the center line of the body. For example when you splay your foot outwards you are abducting.
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• (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, the abduction of an heiress. • (n.) A syllogis...
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Movement of a limb away from middle of body, such as bringing arm to shoulder height from hanging-down position.
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(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 ...
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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]
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Movement of a part away from the midline, e.g. abduction at the shoulder moves the arm away from the trunk and out to the side. At the thumb, it describes movement of the digit forward from the anatomical position, away from the palm. This is because, in evolutionary terms, the thumb of the primitive hand lies in the same plane as the fingers and a...
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In English law, the taking away by force, fraud, or persuasion of a woman or a child against her own will, or against the will of her parents or guardians. Women and girls There are four offences of...
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In philosophy and logic, a form of probable inference, reaching a probable conclusion on the basis of available evidence. Aristotle uses the term to refer to a weak
syllogism that fails to carry...
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<anatomy, neurology> Movement of the limbs toward the lateral plane or away from the body. ... (11 Mar 1998) ...
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(ab-duk´shәn) the act of abducting; the state of being abducted. Abduction of the fingers.
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Move away from an imaginary midline that separates the left and right sides of the body
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Ab·duc'tion noun [ Latin abductio : confer French abduction .] 1. The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away. Roget. 2. (Physiol.) The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body. 3.
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Abduction: In medicine, the movement of a limb away from the midline of the body. Abduction of both legs spreads the legs. The opposite of abduction is adduction. Adduction of the legs brings them together. From the Latin 'ab-' meaning 'away from' + 'ducere' meaning 'to draw or lead' = 'to draw away from.'
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In logic abduction is a syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable.
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In physiology, abduction is the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.
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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.
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Movement of a limb away from middle of body, such as bringing arms to shoulder height from hanging down position.
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Movement of a limb away from middle of body, such as bringing arms to shoulder height from hanging down position.
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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
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(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 by induction.
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Latin ab = from, and ductum = led, hence, movement from; verb - abduct.
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act of abducting. · the state of being abducted. · the illegal carrying or enticing away of a person, esp. by interfering with a relationship, as the taking of a child from its parent.
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the criminal act of carrying someone away by force
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the criminal act of carrying someone away by force
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