induction

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) An act of inducting.
2. (countable, uncountable) An act of inducting.
3. (countable, uncountable) An act of inducting.
4. (countable, uncountable) An act of inducing.
5. (countable, uncountable) An act of inducing.
6. (countable, uncountable) An act of inducing.
7. (countable, uncountable) An act of inducing.
8. (countable, uncountable) An act of inducing.
9. (countable, uncountable) An act of inducing.
10. (countable, uncountable) An act of inducing.
11. (countable, uncountable) The process of inducing labour for the childbirth process.
12. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) An introduction.

Opposite of

deduction

Synonyms

installation

initiation

inductance

evocation

inductive reasoning

generalization

inauguration

conscription

reasoning

electromagnetic induction

trigger

inductive method

introduction

deduction

draft

inducement

inference

recruitment

generalisation

causing

enlistment

elicitation

institution

leading

magnetic induction

preface

rousing

summary

summoning

sympathy

take office

upshot

mathematical induction

divine response

induced electricity

registration

experientialism

initiaion

inductive approach

method of induction

method of resultant

induction phenomena

generalization

bringing about

generalisation

conclusion

conjecture

empiricism

enrollment

entrainment

Translations

Induktion

induction

induzione

inducción

indução

επαγωγή

inductie

Einführung

inducció

iniciación

induttanza

Einweihung

amorçage

induction magnétique

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪnˈdʌkʃən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: induction

In summary

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