induction
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: embryology
engineering
entertainment
human-sciences
lifestyle
logic
mathematics
mechanical
mechanical-engineering
medicine
natural-sciences
philosophy
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
theater
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English induction, from Old French induction, from Latin inductiō, from indūcō (“to lead”). By surface analysis, induct + -ion or induce + -tion.
Base: induce
Affixes: -tion
Inflected forms:
form: inductions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An act of inducting.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: I know not you; nor am I well pleased to make this time, as the affair now stands, the induction of your acquaintance.
These promises are fair, the parties sure, / And our induction full of prosperous hope.
gloss: An act of inducting.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: [Strom] Thurmond also condemned [Bayard] Rustin for having refusing ^([sic]) military induction as a conscientious objector.
gloss: An act of inducting.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Near-synonym: orientation
gloss: An act of inducing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: One of the first examples of the immunogenicity of recombinantly derived antibodies was with murine anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody (OKT3) used in the induction of immunosupression after organ transplantation.
gloss: An act of inducing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An act of inducing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Meronym: abstraction
For the most part they contented themselves with repeating a few familiar facts or adding a few fresh theories ; they did not attempt a wide induction on the basis of a systematic collection and classification of the evidence.
gloss: An act of inducing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An act of inducing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An act of inducing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An act of inducing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The process of inducing labour for the childbirth process.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An introduction.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: This is but an induction: I'lldraw / The curtains of the tragedy hereafter.
Derived words: adipoinduction
autoinduction
backward induction
chondroinduction
coinduction
co-induction
counterinduction
deinduction
electromagnetic induction
enantioinduction
forced induction
grammar induction
hyperinduction
inductional
induction axiom
induction burner
induction circuit
induction coil
induction cooker
induction cooking
induction cut
induction flowmeter
induction furnace
induction generator
induction heater
induction heating
induction hypothesis
inductionism
inductionless
induction loop
induction motor
induction oven
induction period
induction programme
induction range
induction stove
induction stovetop
induction therapy
induction training
induction variable
induction welding
magnetic induction
mathematical induction
metainduction
meta-induction
microinduction
mutual induction
neuroinduction
osteoinduction
overinduction
photoinduction
planar induction
postinduction
preinduction
reinduction
rhetorical induction
self-induction
Solomonoff induction
stereoinduction
superinduction
thermoinduction
transfinite induction
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: въвеждане
roman: vǎveždane
lang: Dutch
word: toeleiding
lang: Dutch
word: inductie
lang: Finnish
word: aiheuttaminen
lang: French
word: induction
lang: German
word: Einführung
lang: Greek
word: επαγωγή
roman: epagogí
lang: Italian
word: induzione
lang: Portuguese
word: indução
lang: Portuguese
word: induzimento
lang: Spanish
word: inducción
lang: Welsh
word: anwythiad
lang: Greek
word: επιτάχυνση
roman: epitáchynsi
lang: Indonesian
word: induksi
lang: Indonesian
word: induksi persalinan