Definition of induction

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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..

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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..
Epagoge :: Epagoge (n.) The adducing of particular examples so as to lead to a universal conclusion; the argument by induction.
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..
Inductometer :: Inductometer (n.) An instrument for measuring or ascertaining the degree or rate of electrical induction.
Provision :: Provision (n.) A canonical term for regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation..
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..
Inductive :: Inductive (a.) Leading to inferences; proceeding by, derived from, or using, induction; as, inductive reasoning..
Magneto-electrical :: Magneto-electrical (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, electricity by the action of magnets; as, magneto-electric induction..
Ruhmkorff''s Coil :: Ruhmkorff's coil () See Induction coil, under Induction..
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..
Reason :: Reason (n.) Hence: To carry on a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to formulate and set forth propositions and the inferences from them; to argue..
Induction :: Induction (n.) The introduction of a clergyman into a benefice, or of an official into a office, with appropriate acts or ceremonies; the giving actual possession of an ecclesiastical living or its temporalities..
Condenser :: Condenser (n.) An instrument for concentrating electricity by the effect of induction between conducting plates separated by a nonconducting plate.
Superinduction :: Superinducement (n.) Superinduction.
Inductorium :: Inductorium (n.) An induction coil.
Inductive :: Inductive (a.) Operating by induction; as, an inductive electrical machine..
Argumentation :: Argumentation (n.) The act of forming reasons, making inductions, drawing conclusions, and applying them to the case in discussion; the operation of inferring propositions, not known or admitted as true, from facts or principles known, admitted, or proved to be true..
Tetanus :: Tetanus (n.) That condition of a muscle in which it is in a state of continued vibratory contraction, as when stimulated by a series of induction shocks..
Induction :: Induction (n.) An introduction or introductory scene, as to a play; a preface; a prologue..
Influence :: Influence (n.) Induction.
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