"duction" meaning in English

See duction in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: ductions [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin ductio, ductionembor. English duction Borrowed from Latin ductio, ductionem. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|la:ductio<alt:ductio, ductionem>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin ductio, ductionembor. English duction [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "ductio, ductionem", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "to lead", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "to pull", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "to pull", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dewk-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*déwkti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*doukō", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "dūcō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-tiHō", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-Hō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-tiō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-tiō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "ductio", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "duction", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="duction"> Borrowed from Latin ductio, ductionem. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} duction (countable and uncountable, plural ductions)
  1. (obsolete) guidance Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-duction-en-noun--KrFJ~nJ
  2. An eye movement involving only one eye. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (eye movement): duktio (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-duction-en-noun-Sb4nw8yW Categories (other): English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Terms with Finnish translations, Eye Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 15 85 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 15 85 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Eye: 0 100 Disambiguation of 'eye movement': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: abduction, adduction, deorsumduction, excycloduction, incycloduction, infraduction, supraduction, sursumduction

Inflected forms

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