Induction (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. the act of inducing, bringing about, or causing: induction of the hypnotic state.
  2. the act of inducting; introduction; initiation.
  3. formal installation in an office, benefice, or the like.
  4. Logic.
    • any form of reasoning in which the conclusion, though supported by the premises, does not follow from them necessarily.
    • the process of estimating the validity of observations of part of a class of facts as evidence for a proposition about the whole class.
    • a conclusion reached by this process.
  5. a method of proving a given property true for a set of numbers by proving it true for 1 and then true for an arbitrary positive integer by assuming the property true for all previous positive integers and applying the principle of mathematical induction.
  6. a presentation or bringing forward, as of facts or evidence.
  7. the process by which a body having electric or magnetic properties produces magnetism, an electric charge, or an electromotive force in a neighboring body without contact.
  8. the process or principle by which one part of the embryo influences the differentiation of another part.
  9. the synthesis of an enzyme in response to an increased concentration of its substrate in the cell.
  10. an introductory unit in literary work, especially in an early play; prelude or scene independent of the main performance but related to it.
  11. a preface.
noun
  1. the act of inducting or state of being inducted
  2. the act of inducing
  3. (in an internal-combustion engine) the part of the action of a piston by which mixed air and fuel are drawn from the carburettor to the cylinder
  4. logic
    • a process of reasoning, used esp in science, by which a general conclusion is drawn from a set of premises, based mainly on experience or experimental evidence. The conclusion goes beyond the information contained in the premises, and does not follow necessarily from them. Thus an inductive argument may be highly probable, yet lead from true premises to a false conclusion
    • a conclusion reached by this process of reasoning
  5. the process by which electrical or magnetic properties are transferred, without physical contact, from one circuit or body to another
  6. the effect of one tissue, esp an embryonic tissue, on the development of an adjacent tissue
  7. the process by which synthesis of an enzyme is stimulated by the presence of its substrate
  8. maths logic
    • a method of proving a proposition that all integers have a property, by first proving that 1 has the property and then that if the integer n has it so has n + 1
    • the application of recursive rules
    • a formal introduction or entry into an office or position
    • (as modifier)
  10. the formal enlistment of a civilian into military service
  11. an archaic word for preface
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