noun
Meaning 1
An act of inducting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
induction
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Pronunciation
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/ɪnˈdʌkʃən/
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noun
Meaning 2
An act of inducting.
A formal ceremony in which a person is appointed to an office or into military service.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
An act of inducting.
The process of showing a newcomer around a place where they will work or study.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- Near-synonym: orientation
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: orientation
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
An act of inducing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
An act of inducing.
Generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
Meaning 6
An act of inducing.
Derivation of general principles from specific instances.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
Examples
- Meronym: abstraction
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: deduction
noun
Meaning 7
An act of inducing.
A method of proof of a theorem by first proving it for a specific case (often an integer; usually 0 or 1) and showing that, if it is true for one case then it must be true for the next.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 8
An act of inducing.
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
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noun
Meaning 9
An act of inducing.
Given a group of cells that emits or displays a substance, the influence of this substance on the fate of a second group of cells.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: embryology, medicine, sciences
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noun
Meaning 10
An act of inducing.
The delivery of air to the cylinders of an internal combustion piston engine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: engineering, mechanical, mechanical-engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Meaning 11
The process of inducing labour for the childbirth process.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Meaning 12
An introduction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 13
an act that sets in motion some course of events
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: trigger, initiation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: causing, causation
Narrower terms: fomentation, instigation
noun
Meaning 14
the act of bringing about something (especially at an early time)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the induction of an anesthetic state
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: introduction, debut, first appearance, launching, unveiling, entry
Narrower terms: induction of labor, hypnogenesis
noun
Meaning 15
reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: generalization, generalisation, inductive reasoning
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: colligation
noun
Meaning 16
stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the elicitation of his testimony was not easy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: evocation, elicitation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stimulation, stimulus, stimulant, input
noun
Meaning 17
a formal entry into an organization or position or office
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: initiation, installation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ceremony, ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observance
Narrower terms: inauguration, inaugural, coronation, enthronement, enthronization, enthronisation, investiture, bar mitzvah, bat mitzvah, bath mitzvah, bas mitzvah
noun
Meaning 18
an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inductance
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: electrical phenomenon
Narrower terms: mutual induction, self-induction
History
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English induction, from Old French induction, from Latin inductiō, from indūcō (“to lead”). By surface analysis, induct + -ion or induce + -tion.
Across languages
Translations
86 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: въвеждане (vǎveždane) — the act of inducting
- Dutch: toeleiding — the act of inducting
- Dutch: inductie — the act of inducting
- Finnish: aiheuttaminen — the act of inducting
- French: induction — the act of inducting
- German: Einführung — the act of inducting
- Greek: επαγωγή (epagogí) — the act of inducting
- Italian: induzione — the act of inducting
- Portuguese: indução — the act of inducting
- Portuguese: induzimento — the act of inducting
- Spanish: inducción — the act of inducting
- Welsh: anwythiad — the act of inducting
- Bulgarian: зачисляване (začisljavane) — a formal ceremony in which a person is inducted into an office or into military service
- Finnish: virkaan vihkiminen — a formal ceremony in which a person is inducted into an office or into military service
- German: Vereidigung — a formal ceremony in which a person is inducted into an office or into military service
- Russian: официа́льное введе́ние в до́лжность (oficiálʹnoje vvedénije v dólžnostʹ) — a formal ceremony in which a person is inducted into an office or into military service
- Bulgarian: индукция (indukcija) — generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field
- Chinese Mandarin: 感應 /感应 (gǎnyìng) — generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field
- Czech: indukce — generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field
- Danish: induktion — generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field
- Finnish: induktio — generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field
- French: induction — generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field
- Galician: indución — generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field
- German: Induktion — generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field
- Greek: επαγωγή (epagogí) — generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field
- Hindi: प्रेरण (preraṇ) — generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field
- Icelandic: span — generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field
- Ido: indukto — generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field
- Indonesian: induksi — generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field
- Italian: induzione — generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field
- Italian: autoinduzione — generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field
- Norwegian Bokmål: induksjon — generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field
- Norwegian Nynorsk: induksjon — generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field
- Polish: indukcja — generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field
- Portuguese: indução — generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field
- Russian: инду́кция (indúkcija) — generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field
- Slovak: indukcia — generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field
- Spanish: inducción — generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field
- Swedish: induktion — generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field
- Tagalog: karawitan — generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field
- Welsh: anwythiad — generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field
- Armenian: ինդուկցիա (indukcʻia) — the derivation of general principles from specific instances
- Armenian: մակածություն (makacutʻyun) — the derivation of general principles from specific instances
- Bulgarian: индукция (indukcija) — the derivation of general principles from specific instances
- Chinese Mandarin: 歸納 /归纳 (guīnà) — the derivation of general principles from specific instances
- Czech: indukce — the derivation of general principles from specific instances
- Finnish: induktio — the derivation of general principles from specific instances
- French: induction — the derivation of general principles from specific instances
- Galician: indución — the derivation of general principles from specific instances
- Greek: επαγωγή (epagogí) — the derivation of general principles from specific instances
- Icelandic: aðleiðsla — the derivation of general principles from specific instances
- Ido: indukto — the derivation of general principles from specific instances
- Indonesian: induksi — the derivation of general principles from specific instances
- Italian: induzione — the derivation of general principles from specific instances
- Japanese: 帰納 (kinou) — the derivation of general principles from specific instances
- Khmer: អនុមានរួម (a’nu’maan ruəm) — the derivation of general principles from specific instances
- Lithuanian: indukcija — the derivation of general principles from specific instances
- Polish: indukcja — the derivation of general principles from specific instances
- Russian: инду́кция (indúkcija) — the derivation of general principles from specific instances
- Slovak: indukcia — the derivation of general principles from specific instances
- Tagalog: pamuuran — the derivation of general principles from specific instances
- Turkish: tümevarım, istikra — the derivation of general principles from specific instances
- Welsh: anwythiad — the derivation of general principles from specific instances
- Welsh: enwythiad — the derivation of general principles from specific instances
- Czech: indukce — a general proof of a theorem
- Finnish: induktio — a general proof of a theorem
- Finnish: induktiotodistus — a general proof of a theorem
- German: Induktion — a general proof of a theorem
- Greek: επαγωγή (epagogí) — a general proof of a theorem
- Icelandic: þrepun — a general proof of a theorem
- Icelandic: stærðfræðileg þrepun — a general proof of a theorem
- Russian: инду́кция (indúkcija) — a general proof of a theorem
- Slovak: indukcia — a general proof of a theorem
- Tagalog: pamuuran — a general proof of a theorem
- Welsh: anwythiad — a general proof of a theorem
- French: induction — the development of a feature from part of a formerly homogenous field of cells
- Italian: induzione — the development of a feature from part of a formerly homogenous field of cells
- Portuguese: indução — the development of a feature from part of a formerly homogenous field of cells
- Slovak: indukcia — the development of a feature from part of a formerly homogenous field of cells
- Spanish: inducción — the development of a feature from part of a formerly homogenous field of cells
- Greek: επιτάχυνση (epitáchynsi) — inducing a birth
- Indonesian: induksi — inducing a birth
- Indonesian: induksi persalinan — inducing a birth
- Polish: indukcja — an introduction
- Russian: введе́ние (vvedénije) — an introduction
- Welsh: anwythiad — an introduction
Real reading context