INDUCTION





Definition:

  1. [noun] a formal entry into an organization or position or office; "his initiation into the club"; "he was ordered to report for induction into the army"; "he gave a speech as part of his installation into the hall of fame"
    Synonyms: initiation, installation

  2. [noun] an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current

  3. [noun] reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
    Synonyms: generalization, generalisation, inductive reasoning

  4. [noun] the process whereby changes in the current flow in a circuit produce magnetism or an EMF

  5. [noun] stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors; "the elicitation of his testimony was not easy"
    Synonyms: evocation, elicitation

  6. [noun] (physics) a property of an electric circuit by which an electromotive force is induced in it by a variation of current
    Synonyms: inductance

  7. [noun] the act of bringing about something (especially at an early time); "the induction of an anesthetic state"

  8. [noun] an act that sets in motion some course of events
    Synonyms: trigger, initiation

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