Adduction

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Adduction \Ad*duc"tion\, n. [Cf. F. adduction. See {Adduce}.]
     1. The act of adducing or bringing forward.
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              An adduction of facts gathered from various
              quarters.                             --I. Taylor.


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     2. (Physiol.) The action by which the parts of the body are
        drawn towards its axis]; -- opposed to {abduction}.
        --Dunglison.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  adduction
       n : (physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis
           of the body

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "adduction":
     affinity, allurement, attractance, attraction, attractiveness,
     attractivity, capillarity, capillary attraction, centripetal force,
     drag, draw, gravitation, gravity, magnetism, mutual attraction,
     pull, pulling power, sympathy, traction, tug