different between abductor vs abductive

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æb?d?k.t?/, /æb?d?k.t?/

Etymology 1

abduct +? -or

Noun

abductor (plural abductors)

1. One who abducts; a kidnapper. [mid 19th century]

Antonyms

• abductee

Translations

Etymology 2

From New Latin abductor, from abd?c? + -tor.

Noun

abductor (plural abductors or abductores)

1. (anatomy) A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or from the median line of the body[early 17th century]

   the abductor oculi draws the eye outward.

Antonyms

• abductee
• adductor

Translations

References

Romanian

Etymology

From French abducteur

Adjective

abductor m or n (feminine singular abductoare, masculine plural abductori, feminine and neuter plural abductoare)

1. abductive

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From New Latin abductor, from abd?c? + -tor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abdu??to?/, [a??.ð?u???t?o?]

Noun

abductor m (plural abductores)

1. (anatomy) abductor

Derived terms

• abductor largo del pulgar
• abductor del meñique

Related terms

• abducir

Further reading

• “abductor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

abduct +? -ive

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æb?d?k.t?v/, /?æb?d?k.t?v/

Adjective

abductive (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Related or pertaining to abductor muscles and their movement. [Mid 19^th century.]
2. (logic, computing) Characterizing a logical process as being one of abduction or inference. [Early 20^th century.]
3. (rare) Abducting, pertaining to an abduction (a kidnapping).

Antonyms

• deductive

Translations

See also

• abductive reasoning

References

French

Adjective

abductive

1. feminine singular of abductif

Latin

Adjective

abduct?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of abduct?vus