Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Adducing or bringing forward.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Adducing, or bringing towards or to something.
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- adjective
Adducing , or bringing towards or to something.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part
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Scotus's system as opposed to Thomism: his formalism in the doctrine of God and the Trinity, his loose conception of the Hypostatic Union, his relaxation of the bonds uniting the sacraments with the humanity of Christ, his explanation of transubstantiation as an adductive substitution, his emphasis on the supremacy of the will, and so on.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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Nikyo the second technique is when you do an adductive wristlock that enables you to twist the arm of your opponent that will in turn cause enough nerve pressure.
Purpleocity.net 2009
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Dynamic change capabilities overcome routines install philosophy of constant change improve self-organization ability install continuous learning improve responsiveness to uncertainty and ambiguity Linking Open Innovation and Competences (7) Moving (1) ( to configurate trials, working in a new way, gaining trust and commitment) Effective organizational structures and processes Install heterarchical and ad-hoc structures Build cross-functional interfaces Provide enabling spaces Develop dedicated rewarding systems Enable decentralized decision making Cultural openess Open up borderlines, communication and mindsets Develop identification and institutionally based trust Install knowledge friendly organizational structures Set up participative structures Admit high level of fault tolerance Supportive technological enhancement Introduce techniques to enable adductive thinking Install interactive collaboration tools Improve ability to use (collaboration) software for web interaction and knowledge elicitation
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