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1. (n.) induction
the act of inducing.
2. induction
formal installation in an office, benefice, or the like.
3. induction
(in logic)
4. induction
any form of reasoning in which the conclusion, though supported by the premises, does not follow from them necessarily.
5. induction
the process of estimating the validity of observations of part of a class of facts as evidence for a proposition about the whole class.
6. induction
a conclusion reached by this process.
7. induction
a presentation or bringing forward, as of facts or evidence.
8. induction
the process by which a body having electric or magnetic properties produces magnetism, an electric charge, or an electromotive force in a neighboring body without visible contact.
9. induction
the process or principle by which one part of an embryo influences the differentiation of another part.
10. induction
Biochem. the synthesis of an enzyme in response to an increased concentration of its substrate in the cell.
11. induction
Archaic. a preface.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L)
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| Definition of 'INDUCTION' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) initiation, induction, installation
a formal entry into an organization or position or office
"his initiation into the club"; "he was ordered to report for induction into the army"; "he gave a speech as part of his installation into the hall of fame"
2. (noun) induction, inductance
an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current
3. (noun) generalization, generalisation, induction, inductive reasoning
reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
4. (noun) evocation, induction, elicitation
stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors
"the elicitation of his testimony was not easy"
5. (noun) induction
the act of bringing about something (especially at an early time)
"the induction of an anesthetic state"
6. (noun) trigger, induction, initiation
an act that sets in motion some course of events
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) INDUCTION
the act or process of inducting or bringing in; introduction; entrance; beginning; commencement
2. (noun) INDUCTION
an introduction or introductory scene, as to a play; a preface; a prologue
3. (noun) INDUCTION
the act or process of reasoning from a part to a whole, from particulars to generals, or from the individual to the universal; also, the result or inference so reached
4. (noun) INDUCTION
the introduction of a clergyman into a benefice, or of an official into a office, with appropriate acts or ceremonies; the giving actual possession of an ecclesiastical living or its temporalities
5. (noun) INDUCTION
a process of demonstration in which a general truth is gathered from an examination of particular cases, one of which is known to be true, the examination being so conducted that each case is made to depend on the preceding one; -- called also successive induction
6. (noun) INDUCTION
the property by which one body, having electrical or magnetic polarity, causes or induces it in another body without direct contact; an impress of electrical or magnetic force or condition from one body on another without actual contact
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. INDUCTION
the name given to the logical process by which from a study of particular instances we arrive at a general principle or law. The term is also applied to an electric or magnetic effect produced without direct contact and equal to the cause, being essentially its reproduction.
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