What does Induction mean?

Definitions for Induction
ɪnˈdʌk ʃənin·duc·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. initiation, induction, installationnoun

    a formal entry into an organization or position or office

    "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"

  2. induction, inductancenoun

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

  3. generalization, generalisation, induction, inductive reasoningnoun

    reasoning from detailed facts to general principles

  4. evocation, induction, elicitationnoun

    stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors

    "the elicitation of his testimony was not easy"

  5. inductionnoun

    the act of bringing about something (especially at an early time)

    "the induction of an anesthetic state"

  6. trigger, induction, initiationnoun

    an act that sets in motion some course of events

Wiktionary

  1. inductionnoun

    the act of inducting

  2. inductionnoun

    a formal ceremony in which a person is appointed to an office or into military service

  3. induction

    the generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field

  4. induction

    the derivation of general principles from specific instances

  5. induction

    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. induction

    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. induction

    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. induction

    an introduction

  9. inductionnoun

    the act of inducing childbirth

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Inductionnoun

    Etymology: induction, Fr. inductio, Latin.

    These promises are fair, the parties sure,
    And our induction full of prosp'rous hope. William Shakespeare, Hen. IV.

    The inquisition by induction is wonderful hard; for the things reported are full of fables, and new experiments can hardly be made but with extreme caution. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

    Mathematical things are only capable of clear demonstration: conclusions in natural philosophy are proved by induction of experiments, things moral by moral arguments, and matters of fact by credible testimony. John Tillotson.

    Although the arguing from experiments and observations by induction be no demonstration of general conclusions, yet it is the best way of arguing which the nature of things admits of, and may be looked upon as so much the stronger by how much the induction is more general; and if no exception occur from phænomena, the conclusion may be general. Isaac Newton, Opt.

    He brought in a new way of arguing from induction, and that grounded upon observation and experiments. Thomas Baker.

ChatGPT

  1. induction

    Induction is a process or method of reasoning in which a general rule or conclusion is derived from specific observations or examples. It can also refer to the production of an electrical or magnetic state by the proximity of an electric current or a magnetic field. In a psychological context, induction refers to the process of training or conditioning an individual to behave in a certain way or accept certain beliefs.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Inductionnoun

    the act or process of inducting or bringing in; introduction; entrance; beginning; commencement

  2. Inductionnoun

    an introduction or introductory scene, as to a play; a preface; a prologue

  3. Inductionnoun

    the act or process of reasoning from a part to a whole, from particulars to generals, or from the individual to the universal; also, the result or inference so reached

  4. Inductionnoun

    the introduction of a clergyman into a benefice, or of an official into a office, with appropriate acts or ceremonies; the giving actual possession of an ecclesiastical living or its temporalities

  5. Inductionnoun

    a process of demonstration in which a general truth is gathered from an examination of particular cases, one of which is known to be true, the examination being so conducted that each case is made to depend on the preceding one; -- called also successive induction

  6. Inductionnoun

    the property by which one body, having electrical or magnetic polarity, causes or induces it in another body without direct contact; an impress of electrical or magnetic force or condition from one body on another without actual contact

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Induction

    the name given to the logical process by which from a study of particular instances we arrive at a general principle or law. The term is also applied to an electric or magnetic effect produced without direct contact and equal to the cause, being essentially its reproduction.

Editors Contribution

  1. induction

    The act and process of inducting.

    The induction process was easy and simple.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 6, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Induction in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Induction in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Induction in a Sentence

  1. Hope Solo:

    I have contacted the Hall of Fame and respectfully requested a postponement of my Hall of Fame induction ceremony to 2023, i will be voluntarily entering an in-patient alcohol treatment program to address my challenges with alcohol. At this time, my energies and focus are totally directed to my health, healing and taking care of my family. I want to thank the Hall of Fame for their support and for understanding my decision.

  2. David Prentice:

    These heavily-redacted documents hide a lot of details, and because one method of abortion listed is ‘labor induction,’ there is the distinct possibility that some of these babies were born alive and then their organs harvested, which would be a horrific abuse of science and human decency, there are so many questions raised by this heavily redacted information, and the University of Pittsburgh, as well as NIH, owe clarity and transparency to the American people.

  3. Thomas Wolfe:

    Le Corbusier was the sort of relentlessly rational intellectual that only France loves wholeheartedly, the logician who flies higher and higher in ever-decreasing circles until, with one last, utterly inevitable induction, he disappears up his own fundamental aperture and emerges in the fourth dimension as a needle-thin umber bird.

  4. Drew Pearson:

    JIMMY JOHNSON LEARNS ABOUT HALL OF FAME INDUCTION ON FOX HALFTIME SHOW Its like that Robert Frost poem. Ive taken the road less traveled. My career was always about the road less traveled.

  5. Fame Foundation:

    We are in awe of Dolly’s brilliant talent and pioneering spirit and are proud to have nominated her for induction into the Rock Roll Hall of Fame.

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