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induction en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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/ɪnˈdʌkʃən/

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.

Meanings

(countable, uncountable) An act of inducting.
- These promises are fair, the parties sure, / And our induction full of prosperous hope. c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
- I know not you; nor am I well pleased to make this time, as the affair now stands, the induction of your acquaintance. 1612–1613, Nathan Field, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, “The Honest Mans Fortune”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act II, scene i:
(countable, uncountable) An act of inducting. ▸ A formal ceremony in which a person is appointed to an office or into military service.
- [Strom] Thurmond also condemned [Bayard] Rustin for having refusing ^([sic]) military induction as a conscientious objector. 2006 February 24, Leslie Feinberg, “Civil rights leaders faced red-baiting, gay-baiting”, in Workers World:
(countable, uncountable) An act of inducting. ▸ The process of showing a newcomer around a place where they will work or study.
- Near-synonym: orientation
(countable, uncountable) An act of inducing.
- One of the first examples of the immunogenicity of recombinantly derived antibodies was with murine anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody (OKT3) used in the induction of immunosupression after organ transplantation. 2002, Gilbert S. Banker, Christopher T. Rhodes, Modern Pharmaceutics, 4th edition, Informa Health Care, →ISBN, page 699:
(countable, uncountable) An act of inducing. ▸ Generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field.
(countable, uncountable) An act of inducing. ▸ Derivation of general principles from specific instances.
- Meronym: abstraction
- For the most part they contented themselves with repeating a few familiar facts or adding a few fresh theories ; they did not attempt a wide induction on the basis of a systematic collection and classification of the evidence. 1910, James George Frazer, Totemism and Exogamy, volume 1, page vii:
(countable, uncountable) 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.
(countable, uncountable) 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.
(countable, uncountable) 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.
(countable, uncountable) An act of inducing. ▸ The delivery of air to the cylinders of an internal combustion piston engine.
(countable, uncountable) The process of inducing labour for the childbirth process.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable) An introduction.
- This is but an induction: I'lldraw / The curtains of the tragedy hereafter. 1619, Philip Massinger, Nathan Field, The Fatal Dowry:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
inductions	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Antonyms

deduction

Coordinates

deduction · abduction

Deriveds

Synonyms

orientation

Translations (86)

pl indukcja (generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field) · ru введе́ние (an introduction) · ru инду́кция (a general proof of a theorem) · nb induksjon (generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field) · tl karawitan (generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field) · fi aiheuttaminen (the act of inducting) · is stærðfræðileg þrepun (a general proof of a theorem) · ru инду́кция (the derivation of general principles from specific instances) · fi induktio (the derivation of general principles from specific instances) · io indukto (generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field) · nl inductie (the act of inducting) · cy anwythiad (generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field) · fi induktiotodistus (a general proof of a theorem) · pt indução (the act of inducting) · pt indução (the development of a feature from part of a formerly homogenous field of cells) · bg въвеждане (the act of inducting) · lt indukcija (the derivation of general principles from specific instances) · sk indukcia (generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field) · sk indukcia (the development of a feature from part of a formerly homogenous field of cells) · cs indukce (a general proof of a theorem) · id induksi (inducing a birth) · cs indukce (the derivation of general principles from specific instances) · it autoinduzione (generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field) · bg зачисляване (a formal ceremony in which a person is inducted into an office or into military service) · de Induktion (generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field) · nn induksjon (generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field) · nl toeleiding (the act of inducting) · pt induzimento (the act of inducting) · ru инду́кция (generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field) · fr induction (the development of a feature from part of a formerly homogenous field of cells) · cy anwythiad (a general proof of a theorem) · de Induktion (a general proof of a theorem) · id induksi persalinan (inducing a birth) · bg индукция (generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field) · is þrepun (a general proof of a theorem) · sv induktion (generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field) · is span (generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field) · it induzione (generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field) · da induktion (generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field) · it induzione (the act of inducting) · tl pamuuran (the derivation of general principles from specific instances) · cy anwythiad (the act of inducting) · fi induktio (a general proof of a theorem) · hy ինդուկցիա (the derivation of general principles from specific instances) · sk indukcia (the derivation of general principles from specific instances) · el επαγωγή (generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field) · de Vereidigung (a formal ceremony in which a person is inducted into an office or into military service) · id induksi (generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field) · de Einführung (the act of inducting) · cy anwythiad (an introduction) · sk indukcia (a general proof of a theorem) · km អនុមានរួម (the derivation of general principles from specific instances) · gl indución (generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field) · el επιτάχυνση (inducing a birth) · id induksi (the derivation of general principles from specific instances) · ja 帰納 (the derivation of general principles from specific instances) · is aðleiðsla (the derivation of general principles from specific instances) · hi प्रेरण (generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field) · el επαγωγή (the act of inducting) · cmn 歸納 /归纳 (the derivation of general principles from specific instances) · bg индукция (the derivation of general principles from specific instances) · es inducción (the development of a feature from part of a formerly homogenous field of cells) · hy մակածություն (the derivation of general principles from specific instances) · cmn 感應 /感应 (generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field) · tl pamuuran (a general proof of a theorem) · es inducción (the act of inducting) · gl indución (the derivation of general principles from specific instances) · fr induction (generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field) · fi virkaan vihkiminen (a formal ceremony in which a person is inducted into an office or into military service) · cy anwythiad (the derivation of general principles from specific instances) · it induzione (the development of a feature from part of a formerly homogenous field of cells) · pl indukcja (the derivation of general principles from specific instances) · fr induction (the derivation of general principles from specific instances) · cy enwythiad (the derivation of general principles from specific instances) · ru официа́льное введе́ние в до́лжность (a formal ceremony in which a person is inducted into an office or into military service) · fr induction (the act of inducting) · it induzione (the derivation of general principles from specific instances) · fi induktio (generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field) · el επαγωγή (a general proof of a theorem) · pt indução (generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field) · tr tümevarım, istikra (the derivation of general principles from specific instances) · cs indukce (generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field) · es inducción (generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field) · el επαγωγή (the derivation of general principles from specific instances) · io indukto (the derivation of general principles from specific instances) · pl indukcja (an introduction)