English Dictionary

abduction

IPA（発音記号）

/əbˈdʌk.ʃn̩/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

Leading away; a carrying away. / (anatomy) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.

日本語の意味

誘拐（人を無理やり連れ去る行為） / 外転（解剖学用語：四肢などが体の中心線から離れる動き）

The detective suspected abduction when the child's toys were found beside an open window.

探偵は、子供のおもちゃが開いた窓のそばで見つかったとき、その子が連れ去られたのではないかと疑った。

意味（1）

Leading away; a carrying away.

意味（2）

(anatomy) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.

Abduction is performed by asking the patient to raise the arm at the side as high as they can with the examiner stabilizing the scapula by holding it down.

意味（3）

(logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable.

The significance of such a step is that it is not morphologically triggered: it is a step of abduction, and what is required here is a meta-level process of reasoning.

意味（4）

(law) The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being.

the abduction of a child

abductions （ plural ）