Induction

Noun

 * 1) the act of inducting
 * 2) a formal ceremony in which a person is appointed to an office or into military service
 * 3)  the generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field
 * 4)  the derivation of general principles from specific instances
 * 5)  A general proof of a theorem by first proving it for a specific integer (for example) and showing that, if it is true for one integer then it must be true for the next.
 * 6)  The use of rumors to twist and complicate the plot of a play or to narrate in a way that does not have to state truth nor fact within the play.
 * 7)  In developmental biology, the development of a feature from part of a formerly homogenous field of cells in response to a morphogen whose source determines the feature's position and extent.
 * 8)  an introduction

Derived terms

 * induction axiom
 * induction circuit
 * induction coil
 * induction cooker
 * induction cooking
 * induction cut
 * induction flowmeter
 * induction furnace
 * induction heating
 * induction loop
 * induction motor
 * induction period
 * induction programme
 * induction range
 * induction therapy
 * induction training
 * induction variable
 * induction welding

Noun

 * 1) the act of inducing childbirth

Thesaurus
Baconian method, a fortiori reasoning, a posteriori reasoning, a priori reasoning, accedence, acceptance, accession, admission, admittance, alphabet, analysis, apostolic orders, appointment, baptism, basics, call, call-up, calling, canonization, coming out, compulsory military service, conclusion, conferment, conscription, consecration, consequence, consequent, corollary, coronation, curtain raiser, debut, deduction, deductive reasoning, demonstration, derivation, discourse, discourse of reason, discursive reason, draft, draft call, drafting, election, electromagnetic induction, electrostatic induction, elements, embarkation, embarkment, enlistment, enrollment, enthronement, epagoge, first appearance, first principles, first steps, floating, flotation, generalization, grammar, henry, holy orders, hornbook, hypothesis and verification, illation, immission, impressment, inaugural, inaugural address, inauguration, inductance, inductive reasoning, inductivity, inference, initiation, installation, installment, instatement, institution, introduction, intromission, investiture, launching, levy, logical thought, magnetic induction, maiden speech, major orders, minor orders, mobilization, muster, mutual induction, nomination, opener, ordainment, orders, ordination, outlines, particularization, philosophical induction, philosophy, placement, preferment, preliminary, presentation, press, primer, principia, principles, proof, ratiocination, rationalism, rationality, rationalization, rationalizing, reading in, reason, reasonableness, reasoning, recruiting, recruitment, rudiments, selective service, self-induction, sophistry, specious reasoning, summons, sweet reason, syllogism, syllogistic reasoning, synthesis, taking office, unveiling

Noun

 * Finnish: aiheuttaminen


 * Italian: induzione


 * Finnish: virkaan vihkiminen


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 * German: Induktion

Noun

 * 1) induction

Etymology
From inductio.