"abductive" meaning in English

See abductive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /æbˈdʌk.tɪv/ [US], /ˈæbˌdək.tɪv/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-abductive.wav
Etymology: From abduct + -ive. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|abduct|ive}} abduct + -ive Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} abductive (not comparable)
  1. (anatomy) Related or pertaining to abductor muscles and their movement. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Anatomy Translations (anatomy): abduktiivinen (Finnish), abduttore (Italian), abducens [masculine] (Latin), atitraukiamasis [masculine] (Lithuanian), abductor (Romanian), отводя́щий (otvodjáščij) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-abductive-en-adj-maDcJDyK Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'anatomy': 59 16 25
  2. (logic, computing) Being or relating to a logical process of abduction or inference. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Computing, Logic Translations (logic): abduktiv (German), απαγωγικός (apagogikós) [masculine] (Greek), abduttivo (Italian), abdutivo (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-abductive-en-adj-RQ98SkHp Topics: computing, engineering, human-sciences, logic, mathematics, natural-sciences, philosophy, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'logic': 0 63 37
  3. (rare) Abducting, pertaining to an abduction (a kidnapping). Tags: not-comparable, rare
    Sense id: en-abductive-en-adj-lbRfL1Jb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ive, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 24 60 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ive: 14 16 70 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 16 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 7 16 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 17 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 15 15 70 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 11 13 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 16 27 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 9 11 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 9 11 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 16 15 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 18 16 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 15 15 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 11 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: abductively, nonabductive Related terms: abductive reasoning
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