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Abductive is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Abductive meaning

  1. Related or pertaining to abductor muscles and their movement.
  2. Being or relating to a logical process of abduction or inference.
  3. Abducting, pertaining to an abduction (a kidnapping).

Using Abductive

  • The main meaning on this page is: Related or pertaining to abductor muscles and their movement. | Being or relating to a logical process of abduction or inference. | Abducting, pertaining to an abduction (a kidnapping).
  • In the example corpus, abductive often appears in combinations such as: abductive logic, abductive reasoning.

Context around Abductive

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 9 start, 2 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

programming 1× perform 1× good 1× hypothesis 1×

Often after:

logic 4× reasoning 3× planning 1× validation 1× arguments 1× analysis 1× inference 1×

Sentence patterns with Abductive

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

abductive logic programming 3× 1 hypothesis abductive inference is 1× abduction or abductive reasoning is 1× abductive planning with 1× abductive validation is 1× forms of abductive arguments as 1× logic programming abductive logic programming 1× that good abductive reasoning from 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

abductive logic programming 3× abduction or abductive 1× abductive planning with 1× abductive validation is 1× critique of arguments 1× it is thus 1×

Common sentence endings:

and machine learning 1× called a likeness 1× covers all abduction 1× feasible and natural 1× in full bloom 1× leap of abduction 1×

Words around Abductive

Just before it in the word index:

abductions 88 abduction 378 abducting 75 abductees 20 abductee 7 abducted 591

Just after it in the word index:

abductor 21 abductors 60 abductory 2 abducts 7 abduh 4 abdul 811

Similar in corpus frequency:

aadi 14 aayush 14 abbottabad 14 aberdonian 14 abhi 14 aborting 14

Corpus analysis for Abductive

  • In this selection, "abductive" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, programming, perform, good, logic, reasoning and planning stand out and add context to how "abductive" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include abductive logic programming and 1 hypothesis abductive inference is. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "abductive" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with abductive

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Abductive planning with the event calculus. (6 words)

Abductive logic programming is a computational framework that extends normal logic programming with abduction. (14 words)

Abductive logic programming has been used for fault diagnosis, planning, natural language processing and machine learning. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

Peirce argues that good abductive reasoning from P to Q involves not simply a determination that Q is sufficient for P, but also that Q is among the most economical explanations for P. Simplification and economy both call for that "leap" of abduction. (43 words)

Abductive validation is common practice in hypothesis formation in science ; moreover, Peirce claims that it is a ubiquitous aspect of thought: Looking out my window this lovely spring morning, I see an azalea in full bloom. (36 words)

Critique of arguments At the critical level Peirce examined the forms of abductive arguments (as discussed above), and came to hold that the hypothesis should economize explanation for plausibility in terms of the feasible and natural. (36 words)

Example sentences (11)

Abductive logic programming Abductive logic programming is an extension of normal Logic Programming that allows some predicates, declared as abducible predicates, to be "open" or undefined.

Abduction or abductive reasoning is third component of logic and involves something that allows us to move from data to an argument.

Abductive logic programming has been used for fault diagnosis, planning, natural language processing and machine learning.

Abductive logic programming is a computational framework that extends normal logic programming with abduction.

Abductive planning with the event calculus.

Abductive validation is common practice in hypothesis formation in science ; moreover, Peirce claims that it is a ubiquitous aspect of thought: Looking out my window this lovely spring morning, I see an azalea in full bloom.

Critique of arguments At the critical level Peirce examined the forms of abductive arguments (as discussed above), and came to hold that the hypothesis should economize explanation for plausibility in terms of the feasible and natural.

It is thus possible to perform abductive analysis in the presence of missing or incomplete input evidence, which normally results in degrees of uncertainty in the output conclusions.

Peirce argues that good abductive reasoning from P to Q involves not simply a determination that Q is sufficient for P, but also that Q is among the most economical explanations for P. Simplification and economy both call for that "leap" of abduction.

Peirce held that: 1. Hypothesis (abductive inference) is inference through an icon (also called a likeness).

Therefore, by abductive reasoning, the possibility that it rained last night is reasonable, although Peirce did not remain convinced that a single logical form covers all abduction.

Common combinations with abductive

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "abductive" in a sentence?
An example: "Abductive logic programming Abductive logic programming is an extension of normal Logic Programming that allows some predicates, declared as abducible predicates, to be "open" or undefined." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "abductive" from authentic English texts.
What does "abductive" mean?
Abductive means: Related or pertaining to abductor muscles and their movement.
How many example sentences with "abductive" are there?
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