| ABDUCTING | • abducting v. Present participle of abduct. • ABDUCT v. to carry someone away with force; to kidnap. |
| ABDUCTION | • abduction n. Leading away; a carrying away. • abduction n. (Anatomy) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or… • abduction n. (Logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable. |
| ADDUCTING | • adducting v. Present participle of adduct. • ADDUCT v. to draw inward, esp. of muscles. |
| ADDUCTION | • adduction n. The act of adducing or bringing forward. • adduction n. (Anatomy) The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis; -- opposed to abduction. • ADDUCTION n. the act of adducing or bringing forward. |
| ADDUCTIVE | • adductive adj. Adducing, or bringing towards or to something. • ADDUCTIVE adj. adducing, bringing towards or to something. |
| DEDUCTING | • deducting v. Present participle of deduct. • DEDUCT v. to subtract. |
| DEDUCTION | • deduction n. That which is deducted; that which is subtracted or removed. • deduction n. A sum that can be removed from tax calculations; something that is written off. • deduction n. (Logic) A process of reasoning that moves from the general to the specific, in which a conclusion follows… |
| DEDUCTIVE | • deductive adj. Of, pertaining to, or based on deduction (process of reasoning). • deductive adj. (Logic) Based on inferences from general principles. • DEDUCTIVE adj. of thought or reasoning, concerned with deduction from premises or accepted principles. |
| DUCTILELY | • ductilely adv. In a ductile manner. • DUCTILE adv. easily molded or shaped. |
| DUCTILITY | • ductility n. (Physics) Ability of a material to be drawn out longitudinally to a reduced section without fracture… • DUCTILITY n. the property of a metal which allows it to be drawn into wires or filaments. |
| EDUCTIONS | • eductions n. Plural of eduction. • EDUCTION n. the act of drawing out or bringing into view. |
| INDUCTILE | • inductile adj. Not ductile; incapable of being drawn into threads, as a metal. • INDUCTILE adj. not ductile. |
| INDUCTING | • inducting v. Present participle of induct. • INDUCT v. to bring into military service. |
| INDUCTION | • induction n. An act of inducting. • induction n. An act of inducing. • induction n. (Medicine) The process of inducing the birth process. |
| INDUCTIVE | • inductive adj. (Logic) Of, or relating to logical induction. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • inductive adj. (Physics) Of, relating to, or arising from inductance. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • inductive adj. Introductory or preparatory. (Can we add an example for this sense?) |
| REDUCTION | • reduction n. The act, process, or result of reducing. • reduction n. The amount or rate by which something is reduced, e.g. in price. • reduction n. (Chemistry) A reaction in which electrons are gained and valence is reduced; often by the removal of… |
| REDUCTIVE | • reductive adj. (Scotland law, now rare) Pertaining to the reduction of a decree etc.; rescissory. • reductive adj. Causing the physical reduction or diminution of something. • reductive adj. (Chemistry, metallurgy, biology, economics) That reduces a substance etc. to a more simple or basic form. |
| SEDUCTION | • seduction n. The act of seducing. • seduction n. (Dated, law, in English common law) The felony of, as a man, inducing a previously chaste unmarried… • SEDUCTION n. the act of seducing. |
| SEDUCTIVE | • seductive adj. Attractive, alluring, tempting. • SEDUCTIVE adj. tending to seduce, also SEDUCIVE. |