abduct

Definition von abduct im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position; To take away secretly by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap; Motion to move extremity away from the body; Physiology To draw away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part or limb; Movement of any extremity away from the midline of the body An abductor muscle achieves this action; (Ab*duct") v t [imp & p p Abducted ; p pr & vb n Abducting ] [L abductus, p p of abducere See Abduce ]; Movement of any extremity away from the midline of the body This action is achieved by an abductor muscle; to carry off by force; take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"; To move apart, separate; pull away from the body; "this muscle abducts"; — To move away from the body; kidnape, anlve; If someone is abducted by another person, he or she is taken away illegally, usually using force. His car was held up and he was abducted by four gunmen She was charged with abducting a six-month-old child. = kidnap + abduction abductions ab·duc·tion the abduction of four youths. + abductor abductors ab·duc·tor She co-operated with her abductor. to take someone away by force = kidnap; To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap; pull away from the body; "this muscle abducts; {f} kidnap, carry off by force (especially of a person); pull away from the main axis of the body (Anatomy)
abduction: Determining the best or most plausible of many possible explanations for a set of facts
abduction: The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away. — Roget
abduction: The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being
the abduction of a child.
abduction: The process of inference to the best explanation; abductive reasoning
abductor: A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or form the median line of the body; as, the abductor oculi, which draws the eye outward
abduction: a carrying away of a person against his will, or illegally
abduction: {n} the act of drawing back or away
abductor: {n} a muscle, any muscle that contracts
Abduction: The movement of a body part away from the midline
Abduction: Moving or pushing an arm or leg away from the body
Abduction: Moving a limb or any other part away from the midline of the body Abduction is the opposite of adduction (e g the "up" phase of a jumping jack involves the abduction of the legs and the arms, or spreading of the fingers and toes)
Abduction: Backward chaining through fault models
Abduction: To take someone away from a place without that person's consent or by fraud See also " kidnapping"
Abduction: Movement away from midline of body in frontal plane; applied to hip, shoulder, fingers, thumb, and foot
Abduction: Movement of one body part at an angle away from the rest of the body (e g , finger away from rest of hand; arm away from torso)
Abduction: The movement of a body part away from the midline axis of the body [ compare adduction ]
Abduction: To take someone away from a place without that person's consent or by fraud See also "kidnapping"
Abduction: (Ab*duc"tion) n [L abductio: cf F abduction ]
Abduction: move away from the midline
Abduction: 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 might be initially ascribed to a tornado Compare deduction, induction
Abduction: particularly studied by Budd Hokins and John Mack, the word's used to describe cases of people taken inside UFOs and examined by their pilots
Abduction: Movement away from the mid-line of the body I e Lateral Raises
Abduction: close to the body
Abduction: 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
Abduction: Movement of the arms or legs away from the body
Abduction: Movement of a limb away from middle of body, such as bringing arms to shoulder height from hanging down position
Abduction: in conditional reasoning, the generation of an explanation for an event, taken from a theory of how the world works, the plausibility of which depends in large part on the number and the likelihood of the alternative explanations
Abduction: (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body
Abduction: Moving away from the body
Abduction: The wrongful taking away of a person Commonly refers to a child being taken by a parent in breach of a Court Order •Children - Movement
Abduction: A method of reasoning by which one infers to the best explanation See induction, deduction <Discussion> <References> Chris Eliasmith
Abduction: movement of the bone away from the central line of the body
Abduction: a movement away from the mid-line of the body
Abduction: Moving a limb away from the body
Abductor: someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)
Abductor: a muscle that draws a part away from the median line
abducted: {s} kidnapped; seized and detained unlawfully
abducted: (of persons) seized and detained unlawfully, often for ransom; "the father restored the kidnapped (or abducted) child to the mother"
abducted: past of abduct
abducting: present participle of abduct
abduction: The process used in getting students to see disciplinary regularity through the use of metaphor
abduction: The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away
abduction: A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable
abduction: The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body
abduction: (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body 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
abduction: The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being; as, the abduction of a child, the abduction of an heiress
abduction: {i} kidnapping, seizure, carrying off by force; action of separating a limb or other part from the midline of the body (Medicine); abducing, drawing apart
abductor: One who abducts, a kidnapper
abductor: {i} kidnapper, one who abducts; muscle which pulls a body part away from the main axis of the body (Anatomy)
abductor: One who abducts
abducts: third person singular of abduct