Definition of induction

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Induction (n.) 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..

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Influence :: Influence (n.) Induction.
Inductometer :: Inductometer (n.) An instrument for measuring or ascertaining the degree or rate of electrical induction.
Inductive :: Inductive (a.) Facilitating induction; susceptible of being acted upon by induction; as certain substances have a great inductive capacity.
Induction :: Induction (n.) 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..
Donative :: Donative (n.) A benefice conferred on a person by the founder or patron, without either presentation or institution by the ordinary, or induction by his orders. See the Note under Benefice, n., 3..
Inference :: Inference (n.) The act or process of inferring by deduction or induction.
Epagoge :: Epagoge (n.) The adducing of particular examples so as to lead to a universal conclusion; the argument by induction.
Induction :: Induction (n.) An introduction or introductory scene, as to a play; a preface; a prologue..
Infer :: Infer (v. t.) To derive by deduction or by induction; to conclude or surmise from facts or premises; to accept or derive, as a consequence, conclusion, or probability; to imply; as, I inferred his determination from his silence..
Induction :: Induction (n.) 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..
Henry :: Henry (n.) The unit of electric induction; the induction in a circuit when the electro-motive force induced in this circuit is one volt, while the inducing current varies at the rate of one ampere a second..
Superinfuse :: Superinduction (n.) The act of superinducing, or the state of being superinduced..
Electrophorus :: Electrophorus (n.) An instrument for exciting electricity, and repeating the charge indefinitely by induction, consisting of a flat cake of resin, shelllac, or ebonite, upon which is placed a plate of metal..
Provision :: Provision (n.) A canonical term for regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation..
Inductrical :: Inductrical (a.) Acting by, or in a state of, induction; relating to electrical induction..
Inductively :: Inductively (adv.) By induction or inference.
Induction :: Induction (n.) 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..
Superinduction :: Superinducement (n.) Superinduction.
Reason :: Reason (n.) To exercise the rational faculty; to deduce inferences from premises; to perform the process of deduction or of induction; to ratiocinate; to reach conclusions by a systematic comparison of facts.
Inductive :: Inductive (a.) Operating by induction; as, an inductive electrical machine..
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