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| ad·duct [ ə dúkt, a dúkt ] |
transitive verb (past and past participle ad·duct·ed, present participle ad·duct·ing, 3rd person present singular ad·ducts) |
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pull toward axis: to pull a leg or arm toward the central line of the body or a toe or finger toward the axis of a leg or arm.
See also abduct (sense 2)
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noun (plural ad·ducts) |
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chemical compound: a chemical compound formed by an addition reaction between two or more different compounds or elements
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| [Mid-19th century. Back-formation < adduction, directly or via French< Latin adduction-< adductus, past participle of adducere (see adduce)] |
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  ad·duc·tion noun |
| ad·duc·tive adjective |
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