ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Abductive

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /æbˈdʌk.tɪv/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Abductive is an adjective meaning (anatomy) Related or pertaining to abductor muscles and their movement.

Meaning

(anatomy) Related or pertaining to abductor muscles and their movement.

More Meanings

  1. (logic, computing) Being or relating to a logical process of abduction or inference.
  2. (rare) Abducting, pertaining to an abduction (a kidnapping).

Example Sentences

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 for abductive

Common opposites include deductive.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include abductional, abductory, ablational, abstractive, adnexal, abdicational.

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