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Definition of Induction

1. Noun. A formal entry into an organization or position or office. "He gave a speech as part of his installation into the hall of fame"

2. Noun. An electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current.

3. Noun. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles.

4. Noun. Stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors. "The elicitation of his testimony was not easy"

5. Noun. The act of bringing about something (especially at an early time). "The induction of an anesthetic state"

6. Noun. An act that sets in motion some course of events.

Definition of Induction

1. n. The act or process of inducting or bringing in; introduction; entrance; beginning; commencement.

Definition of Induction

1. Noun. the act of inducting ¹

2. Noun. a formal ceremony in which a person is appointed to an office or into military service ¹

3. Noun. (physics) the generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field ¹

4. Noun. (logic) the derivation of general principles from specific instances ¹

5. Noun. (mathematics) 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. ¹

6. Noun. (theater) 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. ¹

7. Noun. (biology) 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. ¹

8. Noun. (obsolete) an introduction ¹

9. Noun. the act of inducing childbirth ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Induction

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Induction

1. The act or process of inducing or causing to occur, especially the production of a specific morphogenetic effect in the developing embryo through the influence of evocators or organisers or the production of anaesthesia or unconsciousness by use of appropriate agents. Origin: L. Inductio This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Induction

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Literary usage of Induction

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1904)
"Since the distribution of magnetic induction is solenoid*], t)>p induction through any surface bounded by a closed curve depends only on the form and ..."

2. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The point about induction is that it starts from experience, and that, ... Hence induction cannot be reduced to Aristotle's inductive syllogism, ..."

3. Bulletin by United States (1918)
"Why is it called "induction" ? Is energy produced by electromagnetic induction ? ... What machines use the principle of electromagnetic induction in their ..."

4. Electrical Engineering: The Theory and Characteristics of Electrical by Clarence Victor Christie (1917)
"Induction Frequency Converter.—The induction frequency converter may be used instead of ... It consists of an induction motor with a wound rotor driven by a ..."

5. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1902)
"A quantitative study of the high-frequency induction coil. ... Mizuno (T.) On the function of the condenser in an induction coil, ..."

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