English

Adjective

abductive ‎(not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Related or pertaining to abductor muscles and their movement. [Mid 19^th century.]^[1]
2. (logic, computing) Characterizing a logical process as being one of abduction or inference. [Early 20^th century.]^[1]
3. (rare) Abducting, pertaining to an abduction (a kidnapping).
   • 2010, Steve Hendricks, A Kidnapping in Milan: The CIA on Trial (ISBN 0393065812), 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

See also

• abductive reasoning

Translations

References

1. 1 2 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 3

French

Adjective

abductive

1. feminine singular of abductif

Latin

Adjective

abductive

1. vocative masculine singular of abductivus