inductive

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle French inductif, from Late Latin inductivus.

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inductive (comparative more inductive, superlative most inductive)

  1. (logic) Of, or relating to logical induction. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  2. (physics) Of, relating to, or arising from inductance. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  3. introductory or preparatory. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  4. Influencing; tending to induce or cause.
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. [], London: [] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker []; [a]nd by Robert Boulter []; [a]nd Matthias Walker, [], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: [], London: Basil Montagu Pickering [], 1873, →OCLC:
      A brutish vice, / Inductive mainly to the sin of Eve.
    • a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: [] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, [], published 1677, →OCLC:
      They may be [] inductive of credibility.

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French

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Adjective

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inductive

  1. feminine singular of inductif

Latin

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Etymology 1

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From inductīvus +‎ .

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Adverb

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inductīvē (not comparable)

  1. by yielding

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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inductīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of inductīvus

References

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  • inductive in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.