Word: Induction
How to pronounce: ɪnˈdʌkʃn
Noun
Definitions:
1. The action or process of inducting someone to a position or organization.
Example sentences: "The league's induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame"
2. The process or action of bringing about or giving rise to something.
Example sentences: "Isolation, starvation, and other forms of stress induction"
3. The inference of a general law from particular instances.
Example sentences: "The admission that laws of nature cannot be established by induction"
4. The production of an electric or magnetic state by the proximity (without contact) of an electrified or magnetized body.
Example sentences: "Other topics he worked on include wave propagation, electrical induction, earthquakes, aeronautics, and the theory of tides."
5. The stage of the working cycle of an internal combustion engine in which the fuel mixture is drawn into the cylinders.
Synonyms:
evocation
induced
inductive method
Antonyms:
conclusion
inference
Derivations:
inducting
inductive
inducted
induce
induct
inductor
inductance
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Induction in Other Languages...
Spanish: Inducción
German: Induktion
French: Induction
Italian: Induzione
Turkish: Indüksiyon
