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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

inducibly inducibly expressed GTPase inducing inducive induct inductance inductance unit inductances inducted inductee

inductees inducteous inductile inductility inducting induction (current term) induction accelerator induction chemotherapy induction coil induction generator

induction heater induction heating induction loop induction loops induction motor induction of labor induction period induction programme induction therapy inductional

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