Definitions for induction
induction
in·duc·tion
Spelling: [in-duhk-shuh n]
IPA: /ɪnˈdʌk ʃən/
Induction is a 9 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.
You can make 195 anagrams from letters in induction (cdiinnotu).
Definitions for induction
noun
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the act of inducing, bringing about, or causing:
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the act of inducting; introduction; initiation.
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formal installation in an office, benefice, or the like.
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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.
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Also called mathematical induction. Mathematics. 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.
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a presentation or bringing forward, as of facts or evidence.
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Electricity, Magnetism. 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.
Compare electromagnetic induction, electrostatic induction.
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Embryology. the process or principle by which one part of the embryo influences the differentiation of another part.
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Biochemistry. the synthesis of an enzyme in response to an increased concentration of its substrate in the cell.
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an introductory unit in literary work, especially in an early play; prelude or scene independent of the main performance but related to it.
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Archaic. a preface.
Origin of induction
1350-1400; Middle English induccio(u)n Latin inductiōn- (stem of inductiō). See induct, -ion
Examples for induction
“Every man's heart one day beats its final beat,” said The Ultimate Warrior in his WWE Hall of Fame induction speech.
It consists of an induction coil, put into action by a bichromate battery.
The current passes, by induction, from the primary to the secondary coil.
She punishes abstractionists, and will only forgive an induction which is rare and casual.
induction is the method of proceeding from the particular to the general.
I was immediately admitted to the hospital and induction was started for me to go into labor.
The band performed the song during its 2001 induction to The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The effect is similar in the case of induction between the two spirals.
Upon release, I had to report to the induction center again, and, after refusing once more, I received another month behind bars.
induction would be a fitting gesture, even now when the honor would be posthumous.