abduction

abdyksjɔ̃

Definition

Definition of abduction - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, feminine

médical

TECH.

mouvement qui éloigne une partie du corps de son centre

TECH.

L'abduction du bras permet de l'écarter du corps.

écartement

logique

TECH.

raisonnement qui trouve la meilleure explication possible d'un fait observé

TECH.

Par abduction, il déduisit que la pluie avait causé les flaques.

ufologie

Rare

enlèvement supposé d'une personne par des extraterrestres

Rare

Il prétend avoir vécu une abduction pendant la nuit.

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Origin of abduction

latin, ab- (loin de) + ducere (conduire)

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enlèvement extraterrestre

abduction

capture supposée d'un humain par des êtres venus d'autres planètes

Examples of abduction in a sentence

Le kinésithérapeute mesure l'abduction de l'épaule.
L'abduction permet d'élaborer des hypothèses en sciences.
Son abduction a mené à une nouvelle théorie sur le phénomène.
Le film raconte une abduction survenue en 1992.
Des témoins affirment avoir assisté à une abduction dans la forêt.

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English:abduction, inference to the best explanation, ...
German:Abduktion, abduktives Schließen, ...
Italian:abduzione, rapimento alieno, ...
Spanish:abducción, secuestro extraterrestre, ...
Portuguese:abdução, rapto extraterrestre, ...
Chinese:外展, 溯因推理, ...
Japanese:外転, 仮説推論, ...
Arabic:إبعاد, استدلال استنباطي, ...
Hebrew:הוֹצָאָה, הִיסֵּק אַבְּדוּקְטִיבִי, ...
Russian:абдукция, умозаключение по наилучшему объяснению, ...
Ukrainian:абдукція, абдуктивне міркування, ...
Catalan:abducció, ...
Danish:abduktion, slutning til den bedste forklaring, ...
Dutch:abductie, logische gevolgtrekking, ...
Greek:απαγωγή, υποθέτηση, ...
Khmer:ចលនាបំបែកចេញ, អាប់ឌាក់ស្យុង, ...
Korean:외전, 가설적 추론, ...
Polish:odwiedzenie, abdukcja, ...
Portuguese (BR):abdução, sequestro alienígena, ...
Romanian:abducție, răpire extraterestră, ...
Swedish:abduktion, abduktiv slutledning, ...
Thai:การกาง, การอุปมาน, ...
Turkish:abduksiyon, çıkarımsal akıl yürütme, ...
Vietnamese:dạng, phép suy diễn abduction, ...

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Definition of abduction - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, feminine

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