different between abduction vs capture

English

Etymology

From Latin abducti? (“robbing; abduction”), from abd?c? (“take or lead away”), from ab (“away”) + d?c? (“to lead”). Equivalent to abduct +? -ion.

• (physiology): From French, from Latin abductus.
• Compare French abduction.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b?d?k.?n?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /æb?d?k.?n?/, /æb?d?k.?n?/, /?b?d?k.?n?/
• (anatomy sense): (for emphasis and disambiguation from adduction) IPA^(key): /?e?.?bi?.d?k.?n?/

Noun

abduction (countable and uncountable, plural abductions)

1. Leading away; a carrying away. [Early 17^th century.]
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. [Mid 17^th century.]
   • 2013, Jain, MD, MSPH; Wilcox, PT; Katz, MD, MS; Higgins, MD, "Clinical Examination of the Rotator Cuff", PM&R Journal, retrieved from PubMed Central on 21 Jan 2018.

     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.

3. (logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable. [Late 17^th century.]
4. (law) The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being. [Mid 18^th century.]

Usage notes

• In Gregg shorthand (version: Centennial, Series 90, DJS, Simplified, Anniversary, Pre-Anniversary) the word is represented: a - b - d - u - k - sh

Synonyms

• (legal, carrying off of human being): appropriation; kidnapping; seizure; withdrawal
• (logic): retroduction; abstraction

Antonyms

• (physiology): adduction

replacement; restitution; restoration; surrender; reinstatement

Derived terms

• alien abduction

Related terms

• abduce
• abduct
• abductive

Translations

References

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin abducti? (“robbing; abduction”), from abd?c? (“take or lead away”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ab.dyk.sj??/

Noun

abduction f (plural abductions)

1. (physiology) Abductive movement; abduction.
2. (logic, computing) Abductive reasoning; abduction.

Further reading

• “abduction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin abducti? (“robbing; abduction”), from abd?c? (“take or lead away”).

Noun

abduction (plural abductiones)

1. abduction

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French capture (noun), from Latin capt?ra.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kæp.t???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kæp.t???/
• Rhymes: -æpt??(?)

Noun

capture (countable and uncountable, plural captures)

1. An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.

   • even with regard to captures made at sea

2. The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.

3. Something that has been captured; a captive.
4. The recording or storage of something for later playback.

5. (computing) A particular match found for a pattern in a text string.

Translations

Verb

capture (third-person singular simple present captures, present participle capturing, simple past and past participle captured)

1. (transitive) To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.
2. (transitive) To store (as in sounds or image) for later revisitation.
3. (transitive) To reproduce convincingly.
4. (transitive) To remove or take control of an opponent’s piece in a game (e.g., chess, go, checkers).
   • 1954, Fred Reinfeld, How to Be a Winner at Chess, page 63, Hanover House (Garden City, NY)

     How deeply ingrained capturing is in the mind of a chess master can be seen from this story.

Translations

Derived terms

• capture the flag
• piscicapture
• recapture
• regulatory capture
• screen capture
• uncapture

Related terms

• captivate
• captive
• captivity
• caption

See also

• take
• arrest
• apprehend
• take over
• snapshot

Anagrams

• cuprate, uptrace

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin capt?ra (“catching, capture”), from captus, perfect passive participle of capi? (“capture, seize, take”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kap.ty?/

Noun

capture f (plural captures)

1. capture
2. a catch, a take

Derived terms

• capture d'écran
• capturer

Further reading

• “capture” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• aperçut, aperçût
• capteur
• percuta

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kap?tu?.re/, [käp?t?u???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kap?tu.re/, [k?p?t?u???]

Participle

capt?re

1. vocative masculine singular of capt?rus

Portuguese

Verb

capture

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of capturar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of capturar
3. first-person singular imperative of capturar
4. third-person singular imperative of capturar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kab?tu?e/, [ka???t?u.?e]

Verb

capture

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of capturar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of capturar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of capturar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of capturar.