adducent

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: ad=du=cent

CIDE DICTIONARY

adducent, a. [L. addunces, p. pr. of adducere.].

 Bringing together or towards a given point; -- a word applied to those muscles of the body which pull one part towards another. Opposed to abducent.  [1913 Webster]

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adducent

Attraction

N attraction, attractiveness, attractivity, drawing to, pulling towards, adduction, electrical attraction, electricity, static electricity, static, static cling, magnetism, magnetic attraction, gravity, attraction of gravitation, lodestone, loadstone, lodestar, loadstar, magnet, permanent magnet, siderite, magnetite, electromagnet, magnetic coil, voice coil, magnetic dipole, motor coil, rotor, stator, electrical charge, positive charge, negative charge, magnetic pole, north pole, south pole, magnetic monopole, attracting, attrahent, attractive, adducent, adductive, centrifugal, ubi mel ibi apes.