abductive
/æbˈdʌk.tɪv/
abductive adjective: related or pertaining to abductor muscles and their movement.
Adjective
abductive (not comparable)
- Related or pertaining to abductor muscles and their movement.
- Being or relating to a logical process of abduction or inference.
- Abducting, pertaining to an abduction (a kidnapping).
- 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 […]2010, Steve Hendricks, A Kidnapping in Milan: The CIA on Trial, →ISBN, page 169
abductive meaning in Bengali
abductive in Bengali
- অপহরণকারী, অপহরণ সংক্রান্ত
Antonyms of abductive
Origin of abductive
From abduct + -ive.
Words formed from abductive
Words that rhyme with abductive
Questions about abductive
- What does abductive mean?
- Abductive means related or pertaining to abductor muscles and their movement.
- What is abductive in Bengali?
- Abductive in Bengali is অপহরণকারী, অপহরণ সংক্রান্ত. See Abductive meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is abductive?
- Abductive is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce abductive?
- Abductive is pronounced /æbˈdʌk.tɪv/ (US).
Words near abductive in the dictionary
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