v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Abducted p. pr. & vb. n. Abducting. ] [ L. abductus, p. p. of abducere. See Abduce. ] 1. To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. (Physiol.) drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part; -- used especially of muscles adducent
Syn. -- abducent [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. abductio: cf. F. abduction. ] 1. The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away. Roget. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physiol.) The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being; as, the abduction of a child, the abduction of an heiress. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. ] 1. One who abducts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or form the median line of the body; as, the abductor oculi, which draws the eye outward. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. adductus, p. p. of adducere. See Adduce. ] (Physiol.) To draw towards a common center or a middle line. Huxley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. adduction. See Adduce. ] 1. The act of adducing or bringing forward. [ 1913 Webster ]

An adduction of facts gathered from various quarters. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physiol.) The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis ]; -- opposed to abduction. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Adducing, or bringing towards or to something. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. adducere. ] (Anat.) A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body; -- opposed to abductor; as, the adductor of the eye, which turns the eye toward the nose. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the bivalve shells, the muscles which close the values of the shell are called adductor muscles. Verrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. aqueduc, OF. aqueduct (Cotgr.), fr. L. aquaeductus; aquae, gen. of aqua water + ductus a leading, ducere to lead. See Aqua, Duke. ] 1. A conductor, conduit, or artificial channel for conveying water, especially one for supplying large cities with water. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The term is also applied to a structure (similar to the ancient aqueducts), for conveying a canal over a river or hollow; more properly called an aqueduct bridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) A canal or passage; as, the aqueduct of Sylvius, a channel connecting the third and fourth ventricles of the brain. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A secondary or additional product; something produced, as in the course of a manufacture, in addition to the principal product. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Caloriduct. ] A pipe or duct used to convey hot air or steam. [ 1913 Webster ]

Subterranean caliducts have been introduced. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. calor heat (fr. calere to warm) + E. duct. ] A tube or duct for conducting heat; a caliduct. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. circumductus, p. p. of circumducere to lead around; circum + ducere to lead. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To lead about; to lead astray. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) To contravene; to nullify; as, to circumduct acts of judicature. [ Obs. ] Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. circumductio. ] 1. A leading about; circumlocution. [ R. ] Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An annulling; cancellation. [ R. ] Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Physiol.) The rotation of a limb round an imaginary axis, so as to describe a conical surface. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. conductus defense, escort, fr. L. conductus, p. p. of conducere. See Conduce, and cf. Conduit. ] 1. The act or method of conducting; guidance; management. [ 1913 Webster ]

Christianity has humanized the conduct of war. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]

The conduct of the state, the administration of its affairs. Ld. Brougham. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Skillful guidance or management; generalship. [ 1913 Webster ]

Conduct of armies is a prince's art. Waller. [ 1913 Webster ]

Attacked the Spaniards . . . with great impetuosity, but with so little conduct, that his forces were totally routed. Robertson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Convoy; escort; guard; guide. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I will be your conduct. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

In my conduct shall your ladies come. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Although thou hast been conduct of my shame. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The manner of guiding or carrying one's self; personal deportment; mode of action; behavior. [ 1913 Webster ]

All these difficulties were increased by the conduct of Shrewsbury. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

What in the conduct of our life appears
So well designed, so luckily begun,
But when we have our wish, we wish undone? Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Plot; action; construction; manner of development. [ 1913 Webster ]

The book of Job, in conduct and diction. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Conduct money (Naut.), a portion of a seaman's wages retained till the end of his engagement, and paid over only if his conduct has been satisfactory.

Syn. -- Behavior; carriage; deportment; demeanor; bearing; management; guidance. See Behavior. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Conducted; p. pr. & vb. n. Conducting. ] [ See Conduct, n. ] 1. To lead, or guide; to escort; to attend. [ 1913 Webster ]

I can conduct you, lady, to a low
But loyal cottage, where you may be safe. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry on; as, to conduct the affairs of a kingdom. [ 1913 Webster ]

Little skilled in the art of conducting a siege. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To behave; -- with the reflexive; as, he conducted himself well. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Physics) To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit, as heat, light, electricity, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Mus.) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To conduct one's self; to behave. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Conduct, v. + -ance. ] (Elec.) Conducting power; -- the reciprocal of resistance. A suggested unit is the mho, the reciprocal of the ohm.

Conductance is an attribute of any specified conductor, and refers to its shape, length, and other factors. Conductivity is an attribute of any specified material without direct reference to its shape or other factors. Sloane's Elec. Dict. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Cf. F. conductibilité. ] 1. Capability of being conducted; as, the conductibility of heat or electricity. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Conductivity; capacity for receiving and transmitting. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being conducted. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. conductio a bringing together: cf. F. conduction. ] 1. The act of leading or guiding. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of training up. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Physics) Transmission through, or by means of, a conductor; also, conductivity. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ The ] communication [ of heat ] from one body to another when they are in contact, or through a homogenous body from particle to particle, constitutes conduction. Amer. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the quality or power of conducting; as, the conductive tissue of a pistil. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ovarian walls . . . are seen to be distinctly conductive. Goodale (Gray's Bot. ). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or power of conducting, or of receiving and transmitting, as heat, electricity, etc.; as, the conductivity of a nerve. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thermal conductivity (Physics), the quantity of heat that passes in unit time through unit area of a plate whose thickness is unity, when its opposite faces differ in temperature by one degree. J. D. Everett. --
Thermometic conductivity (Physics), the thermal conductivity when the unit of heat employed is the heat required to raise a unit volume of the substance one degree. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL., a carrier, transporter, L., a lessee. ] 1. One who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a commander; a guide; a manager; a director. [ 1913 Webster ]

Zeal, the blind conductor of the will. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One in charge of a public conveyance, as of a railroad train or a street car. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mus.) The leader or director of an orchestra or chorus. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Physics) A substance or body capable of being a medium for the transmission of certain forces, esp. heat or electricity; specifically, a lightning rod. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Surg.) A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, as lithontriptic forceps, etc.; a director. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Arch.) Same as Leader. [ 1913 Webster ]

Prime conductor (Elec.), the largest conductor of an electrical machine, serving to collect, accumulate, or retain the electricity. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. conductorius. ] Having the property of conducting. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A woman who leads or directs; a directress. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Deducted; p. pr. & vb. n. Deducting. ] [ L. deductus, p. p. of deducere to deduct. See Deduce. ] 1. To lead forth or out. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A people deducted out of the city of Philippos. Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To take away, separate, or remove, in numbering, estimating, or calculating; to subtract; -- often with from or out of. [ 1913 Webster ]

Deduct what is but vanity, or dress. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Two and a half per cent should be deducted out of the pay of the foreign troops. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

We deduct from the computation of our years that part of our time which is spent in . . . infancy. Norris. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To reduce; to diminish. [ Obs. ] “Do not deduct it to days.” Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. taken away. Opposite of added.
Syn. -- subtracted. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Capable of being deducted, taken away, or withdrawn. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not one found honestly deductible
From any use that pleased him. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Deducible; consequential. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. deductio: cf. F. déduction. ] 1. Act or process of deducing or inferring. [ 1913 Webster ]

The deduction of one language from another. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

This process, by which from two statements we deduce a third, is called deduction. J. R. Seely. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Act of deducting or taking away; subtraction; as, the deduction of the subtrahend from the minuend. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is deduced or drawn from premises by a process of reasoning; an inference; a conclusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Make fair deductions; see to what they mount. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That which is or may be deducted; the part taken away; abatement; as, a deduction from the yearly rent in compensation for services; deductions from income in calculating income taxes.

Syn. -- See Induction. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. L. deductivus derivative. ] Of or pertaining to deduction; capable of being deduced from premises; deducible. [ 1913 Webster ]

All knowledge of causes is deductive. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

Notions and ideas . . . used in a deductive process. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By deduction; by way of inference; by consequence. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., a guide. See Deduce. ] (Zool.) The pilot whale or blackfish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. diductio, fr. diducere, diductum, to draw apart; di- = dis- + ducere to lead, draw. ] The act of drawing apart; separation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ductus a leading, conducting, conduit, fr. ducere, ductum, to lead. See Duke, and cf. Douche. ] 1. Any tube or canal by which a fluid or other substance is conducted or conveyed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) One of the vessels of an animal body by which the products of glandular secretion are conveyed to their destination. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) A large, elongated cell, either round or prismatic, usually found associated with woody fiber. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Ducts are classified, according to the character of the surface of their walls, or their structure, as annular, spiral, scalariform, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Guidance; direction. [ Obs. ] Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being drawn out [ R. ] Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ductilis, fr. ducere to lead: cf. F. ductile. See Duct. ] 1. Easily led; tractable; complying; yielding to motives, persuasion, or instruction; as, a ductile people. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Forms their ductile minds
To human virtues. Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Capable of being elongated or drawn out, as into wire or threads. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gold . . . is the softest and most ductile of all metals. Dryden.

-- Duc"tile*ly adv. -- Duc"tile*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ductile + -meter. ] An instrument for accurately determining the ductility of metals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. ductilité. ] 1. The property of a metal which allows it to be drawn into wires or filaments. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Tractableness; pliableness. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ductio, fr. ducere to lead. ] Guidance. [ Obs. ] Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having to duct or outlet; as, a ductless gland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. ducere to lead. ] 1. One who leads. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mach.) A contrivance for removing superfluous ink or coloring matter from a roller. See Doctor, 4. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ductor roller (Printing), the roller which conveys or supplies ink to another roller. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Guidance. [ Obs. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. eductum, fr. educere. ] That which is educed, as by analysis. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. eductio. ] The act of drawing out or bringing into view. [ 1913 Webster ]

Eduction pipe, and
Eduction port. See Exhaust pipe and Exhaust port, under Exhaust, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to draw out; extractive. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., tutor. ] One who, or that which, brings forth, elicits, or extracts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stimulus must be called an eductor of vital ether. E. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inducted; p. pr. & vb. n. Inducting. ] [ L. inductus, p. p. of inducere. See Induce. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To bring in; to introduce; to usher in. [ 1913 Webster ]

The independent orator inducting himself without further ceremony into the pulpit. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To introduce, as to a benefice or office; to put in actual possession of the temporal rights of an ecclesiastical living, or of any other office, with the customary forms and ceremonies. [ 1913 Webster ]

The prior, when inducted into that dignity, took an oath not to alienate any of their lands. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Elec.) Capacity for induction; the coefficient of self-induction.

☞ The unit of inductance is the henry. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (Elec.) A choking coil. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]