Abductive

Pronunciation

• US IPA: /æbˈdÊŒk.tɪv/, /ˈæbËŒdÉ™k.tɪv/

Origin

abduct + -ive

Adjective

1. (anatomy) Related or pertaining to abductor muscles and their movement. Mid 19^th century.

1. (logic, computing) Characterizing a logical process as being one of abduction or inference. Early 20^th century.
2. (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