How do you use Adduction in a sentence? See 4 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like motion or movement, plus the exact meaning.
Adduction meaning
- The act of adducing or bringing forward.
- The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis
Using Adduction
- The main meaning on this page is: The act of adducing or bringing forward. | The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis
- Useful related words include: motion, movement, move, motility.
Context around Adduction
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Adduction
- In this selection, "adduction" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, enable, tight, hip, moving and closing stand out and add context to how "adduction" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include by the adduction of the and legs hip adduction. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "adduction" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with adduction
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Force is generated by both legs' hip adduction. (8 words)
This is achieved by a deep inhalation followed by the adduction of the vocal folds. (15 words)
A cough is initiated by a deep inhalation through the vocal folds, followed by the elevation of the larynx and the tight adduction (closing) of the vocal folds. (28 words)
Collectively, the muscles associated with the aye‐aye pseudothumb are positioned to enable adduction (moving it in toward the thumb), abduction (moving it away from the thumb) and opposition (moving it across the palm toward the little finger). (38 words)
A cough is initiated by a deep inhalation through the vocal folds, followed by the elevation of the larynx and the tight adduction (closing) of the vocal folds. (28 words)
This is achieved by a deep inhalation followed by the adduction of the vocal folds. (15 words)
Example sentences (4)
Collectively, the muscles associated with the aye‐aye pseudothumb are positioned to enable adduction (moving it in toward the thumb), abduction (moving it away from the thumb) and opposition (moving it across the palm toward the little finger).
A cough is initiated by a deep inhalation through the vocal folds, followed by the elevation of the larynx and the tight adduction (closing) of the vocal folds.
Force is generated by both legs' hip adduction.
This is achieved by a deep inhalation followed by the adduction of the vocal folds.