n. the criminal taking away of a person by persuasion (convincing someone-particularly a minor or a woman-he/she is better off leaving with the persuader), by fraud (telling the person he/she is neede [..]

n. the criminal taking away of a person by persuasion (convincing...

The movement of a limb away from the midline of the body. The opposite of abduction is adduction.

1620s, "a leading away," from Latin abductionem (nominative abductio), noun of action from past participle stem of abducere "to lead away, take away, arrest" (often by force), from [..]

Movement of an extremity away from the body.

Development of a hypothesis to explain observations; frequently used in diagnostic expert systems; can lead to false conclusions. For example, a particular instance of wind destruction by a microburst [..]

n. A carrying away of a person against his will, or illegally.

A heuristic procedure that reasons inductively from available empirical evidence to the discovery of the probable hypotheses that would best explain its occurrence. Both Peirce and Reichenbach develop [..]

In anatomy, abduction is a movement which draws a limb away from the median sagittal plane

Movement away from midline of body in frontal plane; applied to hip, shoulder, fingers, thumb, and foot.

noun. 1. mobility of a specific body part or limb apart from the bodily figure. 2. the action of carrying away or seizing someone with use of physical power. Additional forms- abduct, a verb sense of [..]

1 a : the action of abducting [ of a robbery victim] b : the tort or felony of abducting a person 2 : the unlawful carrying away of a wife or female child or ward for the purpose of marriage or ...

A category of logic introduced by Charles Peirce in addition to the Aris-totelian categories of ‘induction’ and ‘deduction’. It is the operation of ‘jumping to conclusions’, or ‘getting [..]

normal'>Reasoning that generates hypotheses to explain puzzling facts.

A form of logical inference, commonly applied in the process of medical diagnosis. Given an observation, abduction generates all known causes. See also: Deduction, Induction, Inference.

Abduction means the crime of taking away of a person by persuasion, by fraud, or by open force or violence. Originally abduction applied only to such taking away of women and children, but now in most [..]

(n) 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(n) (physiology) movi [..]

Pronunciation: æbˈdʌkʃn The drawing apart of the vocal folds.

  Movement of a body part away from the median plane of the body (an imaginary line drawn form head to toe dividing the body plane into half)

Movement of a body part, such as an arm or leg, away from the center of the body.

Movement of a limb away from the midline of the body. Clap your hands together and then move them away from each other; this is abduction. The opposite of abduction is adduction.

Movement of a limb away from the body’s midline, or of a digit away from the long axis of a limb.

  Taking away by violence or fraud and persuasion; kidnapping. Usually a female or wife, child or ward.

Unlawful removal of a person (often a child) from their home environment.

Taking away by violence or fraud and persuasion; kidnapping. Usually a female or wife, child or ward.

Movement away from the midline on the lateral plane.

<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 forme [..]

<anatomy, neurology> Movement of the limbs toward the lateral plane or away from the body. (11 Mar 1998)

movement of a limb away from the median plane (see above).

Movement of a joint away from the center of the body.

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