abductive

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin ab-

Proto-Indo-European *dewk-

Proto-Indo-European *déwkti

Proto-Italic *doukō

Latin dūcō

Latin abdūcō

Latin abductusder.

English abduct

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvus

Old French -ifbor.

Middle English -yf

English -ive

English abductive

From abduct + -ive.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æbˈdʌk.tɪv/, /ˈæbˌdək.tɪv/

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• Rhymes: -ʌktɪv

Adjective

abductive (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Related or pertaining to abductor muscles and their movement. [Mid 19^th century.]
2. (logic, computing) Being or relating to a logical process of abduction or inference. [Early 20^th century.]
3. (rare) Abducting, pertaining to an abduction (a kidnapping).
   • 2010, Steve Hendricks, A Kidnapping in Milan: The CIA on Trial, →ISBN, page 169:

     The logs showed that between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on the abductive day, 10,718 SIMs connected with the seven […] Some people in the kidnap zone would of course have called each other innocently, but […]

Antonyms

• deductive

Derived terms

• abductively
• nonabductive

Translations

logic

• German: abduktiv
• Greek: απαγωγικός (el) m (apagogikós)
• Italian: abduttivo (it)
• Portuguese: abdutivo

anatomy

• Finnish: abduktiivinen
• Italian: abduttore (it)
• Latin: abducens m
• Lithuanian: atitraukiamasis m
• Romanian: abductor (ro)
• Russian: отводя́щий (ru) m (otvodjáščij)

See also

• abductive reasoning

French

Adjective

abductive

1. feminine singular of abductif

Latin

Adjective

abductīve

1. vocative masculine singular of abductīvus