adduction
noun/əˈdʌk.ʃn̩/ · /ˈeɪˈdiː.dʌk.ʃn̩/
Etymology Borrowed from Latin adductio, adductionis, from adducō (“to bring to oneself”), from ad + ducō (“to lead”). Compare French adduction. Equivalent to adduct + -ion or adduce + -tion. See adduce.
1
The act of adducing or bringing forward.
- an adduction of facts gathered from various quarters1860, Isaac Taylor, “(please specify the page)”, in Ultimate Civilization and Other Essays, London: Bell and Daldy […], →OCLC:
- Coordinate term: circumduction
- Derived terms
- hyperadduction, hypoadduction, underadduction