English-Thai Dictionary
abduction
N การ ลักพาตัว kinnapping capture kan-lak-pa-tua
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ABDUCTION
n. 1. In a general sense, the act of drawing apart, or carrying away.
2. In surgery, a species of fracture, in which the broken parts recede from each other.
3. In logic, a kind of argumentation, called by the Greeks apagoge, in which the major is evident, but the minor is not so clear, as not to require farther proof. As in this syllogism, "all whom God absolves are free from sin; God absolves all who are in Christ; therefore all who are in Christ are free from sin. "
4. In law, the taking and carrying away of a child, a ward, a wife, etc. either by fraud, persuasion, or open violence.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ABDUCTION
Ab *duc "tion, n. Etym: [L. abductio: cf. F. abduction. ]
1. The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away. Roget.
2. (Physiol.)
Defn: The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.
3. (Law )
Defn: The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being; as, the abduction of a child, the abduction of an heiress.
4. (Logic )
Defn: A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable.
New American Oxford Dictionary
abduction
ab duc tion |abˈdəkSHən æbˈdəkʃən | ▶noun 1 the action or an instance of forcibly taking someone away against their will: they organized the abduction of Mr. Cordes on his way to the airport | abductions by armed men in plain clothes. • (in legal use ) the illegal removal of a child from parents or guardians. 2 Physiology the movement of a limb or other part away from the midline of the body, or from another part. The opposite of adduction (see adduct 1 ).
Oxford Dictionary
abduction
ab |duc ¦tion |əbˈdʌkʃn | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 the action of forcibly taking someone away against their will: they organized the abduction of Mr Cordes on his way to the airport | [ count noun ] : abductions by armed men in plain clothes. • (in legal use ) the illegal removal of a child from its parents or guardians. 2 Physiology the movement of a limb or other part away from the midline of the body, or from another part. The opposite of adduction (see adduct 1 ).
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
abduction
ab d ú c tion 名詞 1 C U 誘拐 , 拉致 （らち ）.2 U 〘生理 〙(筋肉の )外転 .
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