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induction.

An act of inducting.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɪnˈdʌkʃən/
  1. An act of inducting.

    countable · uncountable
  2. An act of inducting. A formal ceremony in which a person is appointed to an office or into military service.

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  3. An act of inducting. The process of showing a newcomer around a place where they will work or study.

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  4. An act of inducing.

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  5. An act of inducing. Generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field.

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  6. An act of inducing. Derivation of general principles from specific instances.

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  7. 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.

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  8. 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.

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  9. 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.

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  10. An act of inducing. The delivery of air to the cylinders of an internal combustion piston engine.

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  11. The process of inducing labour for the childbirth process.

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  12. An introduction.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle English induction, from Old French induction, from Latin inductiō, from indūcō (“to lead”). By surface analysis, induct + -ion or induce + -tion.

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