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ABDUCTION [7 records]

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Record 1 2024-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

An inference from particular facts to plausible explanations of these facts.

OBS

The term "abduction" was coined by the American logician Peirce. In abduction, the generated descriptions are specific assertions implying the facts (in the context of background knowledge) rather than generalizations of them.

OBS

abduction; abductive inference: designations and definition standardized by ISO and the International Electrotechnical Commission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
DEF

Inférence qui part de faits particuliers pour arriver à des explications plausibles de ces faits.

OBS

Raisonnement allant des faits observés à leur meilleure explication.

OBS

abduction; inférence abductive : désignations et définition normalisées par l'ISO et la Commission électrotechnique internationale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inteligencia artificial
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Record 2 2023-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Musculoskeletal System
  • Physiotherapy
DEF

The movement of a limb or organ away from the medial sagittal plane.

OBS

Do not confuse the terms "abduction" and "adduction."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
  • Physiothérapie
DEF

Mouvement qui écarte un membre ou un segment de membre de la ligne moyenne du corps.

OBS

Ne pas confondre les termes «abduction» et «adduction».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
  • Fisioterapia
DEF

Movimiento que efectúa un miembro o una parte del mismo a consecuencia del cual éste se separa de la línea media del cuerpo.

OBS

El movimiento opuesto a la abducción es la aducción.

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Record 3 2023-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Musculoskeletal System
  • Physiotherapy
DEF

A position resulting from the movement of a limb or organ away from the medial sagittal plane.

OBS

Do not confuse the terms "abduction" and "adduction."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
  • Physiothérapie
DEF

[Position qui résulte du] mouvement qui écarte un membre ou un segment de membre de la ligne moyenne du corps.

OBS

Ne pas confondre les termes «abduction» et «adduction».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
  • Fisioterapia
OBS

El movimiento opuesto a la abducción es la aducción.

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Record 4 - external organization data 2018-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)

Spanish

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Record 5 2017-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Eye
DEF

The rotation, temporally, of an eye away from the midline.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oeil
DEF

Rotation d'un œil, autour de l'axe vertical, vers l'extérieur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ojo
DEF

Movimiento del ojo desde la línea media afuera, hacia el lado temporal o sea hacia el exterior.

OBS

El movimiento opuesto a la abducción es la aducción.

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Record 6 2015-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Social Problems
DEF

The criminal or tortious act of taking another person by fraud, persuasion or violence.

CONT

A parent may complain of abduction or enticement of his child in violation of his right to legal custody, as when a girl of sixteen was persuaded to join a nunnery against her father's will.

OBS

The taking need not be by force, either actual or constructive, and consent obtained by persuasiveness is no defence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Problèmes sociaux
DEF

Fait de s'emparer de quelqu'un par séduction ou de l'emmener par violence ou par fraude.

OBS

Dans le Code criminel, «abduction» se rend par «enlèvement» ou «rapt» et «forcible abduction» par «rapt».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Infracciones y crímenes
  • Problemas sociales
DEF

Apoderamiento de una persona utilizando medios violentos [...]

OBS

Se diferencia del secuestro en que los motivos de éste suelen ser de naturaleza económica, política o ideológica.

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Record 7 - external organization data 2014-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
28.03.04 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

inference from particular facts to plausible explanations of these facts

OBS

abduction; abductive inference: terms and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 2382-28:1995].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - ISO/CEI JTC 1 Vocabulaire des technologies de l'information
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
28.03.04 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

inférence qui part de faits particuliers pour arriver à des explications plausibles de ces faits

OBS

abduction; inférence abductive : termes et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI [ISO/IEC 2382-28:1995].

Spanish

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