Definition of Inductive

1. Adjective. Arising from inductance. "Inductive reactance"

Category relationships: Electricity
Partainyms: Inductance

2. Adjective. Of reasoning; proceeding from particular facts to a general conclusion. "Inductive reasoning"
Category relationships: Logic
Also: Synthetic, Synthetical, A Posteriori
Antonyms: Deductive

3. Adjective. Inducing or influencing; leading on. "Inductive to the sin of Eve"
Exact synonyms: Inducive
Similar to: Causative
Derivative terms: Induce, Induce

Definition of Inductive

1. a. Leading or drawing; persuasive; tempting; -- usually followed by to.

Definition of Inductive

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Inductive

1. 1. Leading or drawing; persuasive; tempting; usually followed by to. "A brutish vice, Inductive mainly to the sin of Eve." (Milton) 2. Tending to induce or cause. "They may be . . . Inductive of credibility." (Sir M. Hale) 3. Leading to inferences; proceeding by, derived from, or using, induction; as, inductive reasoning. 4. Operating by induction; as, an inductive electrical machine. Facilitating induction; susceptible of being acted upon by induction; as certain substances have a great inductive capacity. Inductive embarrassment, the retardation in signaling on an electric wire, produced by lateral induction. Inductive philosophy or method. See Philosophical induction, under Induction. Inductive sciences, those sciences which admit of, and employ, the inductive method, as astronomy, botany, chemistry, etc. Origin: LL. Inductivus: cf. F. Inductif. See Induce. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inductive

inducteous
inductile
inducting
induction
induction
inductions
induction accelerator
induction chemotherapy
induction coil
induction generator
induction heating
induction of labor
induction period
induction therapy
inductive (current term)
inductive (current term)
inductively
inductive current drive
inductive reasoning
inductive resistance
inductometer
inductor
inductor
inductorium
inductors
inductotherm
inductothermy
inductrical
inducts
indue

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