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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions abduction noun  (rfdate, make this into proper citation) The act of abduce, abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away. " Roget (context, physiology) The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body. The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being. the of a child the of an heiress (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 , and what is required here is a meta-level process of reasoning. (computing) The process of inference to the best explanation; abductive reasoning. (context, education) The process used in getting students to see disciplinary regularity through the use of metaphor. (rfex) Etymology: From (term, abductio) < (term, abduco, abducere, , to lead away). Compare French (term, lang=fr, abduction).      Full Definition of abduction  Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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