induction

English

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Etymology

From Old French induction, from Latin inductiō, from indūcō ‎(“I lead”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈdʌkʃən/
• Rhymes: -ʌkʃən

Noun

induction ‎(plural inductions)

1. An act of inducting.
   • Beaumont and Fletcher

     I know not you; nor am I well pleased to make this time, as the affair now stands, the induction of your acquaintance.

   • Shakespeare

     These promises are fair, the parties sure, / And our induction full of prosperous hope.

   1. A formal ceremony in which a person is appointed to an office or into military service.
2. An act of inducing.
   • 2002, Gilbert S. Banker & Christopher T. Rhodes, Modern Pharmaceutics, 4th edition, Informa Health Care, ISBN 0824706749, page 699:

     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.

   1. (physics) Generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field.
   2. (logic) Derivation of general principles from specific instances.
   3. (mathematics) 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.
   4. (theater) 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.
   5. (biology) In developmental biology, the development of a feature from part of a formerly homogenous field of cells in response to a morphogen whose source determines the feature's position and extent.
3. (medicine) The process of inducing the birth process.
4. (obsolete) An introduction.
   • Massinger

     This is but an induction: I will daw / The curtains of the tragedy hereafter.

Derived terms

Derived terms

induction axiom induction circuit induction coil induction cooker induction cooking

induction cut induction flowmeter induction furnace induction generator induction heating

induction loop induction motor induction period induction programme induction range

induction therapy induction training induction variable induction welding mathematical induction

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see Citations:induction.

Translations

the act of inducting

• Dutch: toeleiding f, inductie (nl) f
• Finnish: aiheuttaminen (fi)
• French: induction (fr) f

• Greek: επαγωγή (el) f ‎(epagogí)
• Italian: induzione (it)

a formal ceremony in which a person is inducted into an office or into military service

• Finnish: virkaan vihkiminen
• Russian: официа́льное введе́ние в до́лжность ‎(oficiálʹnoje vvedénije v dólžnostʹ)

generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field

• Czech: indukce f
• Finnish: induktio (fi)
• French: induction (fr) f
• Galician: indución (gl) f
• German: Induktion (de) f

• Greek: επαγωγή (el) f ‎(epagogí)
• Italian: induzione (it) f, autoinduzione f
• Russian: инду́кция (ru) f ‎(indúkcija)
• Tagalog: karawitan

the derivation of general principles from specific instances

• Czech: indukce f
• Finnish: induktio (fi)
• French: induction (fr) f
• Galician: indución (gl) f
• Greek: επαγωγή (el) f ‎(epagogí)

• Icelandic: aðleiðsla f
• Italian: induzione (it) f
• Khmer: អនុមានរួម ‎(a’nu’maan ruəm)
• Lithuanian: indukcija (lt) f
• Russian: инду́кция (ru) f ‎(indúkcija)
• Tagalog: pamuuran

a general proof of a theorem

• Czech: indukce f
• Finnish: induktio (fi)
• German: Induktion (de) f

• Greek: επαγωγή (el) f ‎(epagogí)
• Icelandic: þrepun f, stærðfræðileg þrepun f
• Russian: инду́кция (ru) f ‎(indúkcija)
• Tagalog: pamuuran

the use of rumors to twist and complicate the plot

the development of a feature from part of a formerly homogenous field of cells

• French: induction (fr)
• Italian: induzione (it)

• Portuguese: indução (pt)
• Spanish: inducción

inducing a birth

• Greek: επιτάχυνση (el) f ‎(epitáchynsi)

an introduction

• Russian: введе́ние (ru) n ‎(vvedénije)

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French

Etymology

From Latin inductio.

Noun

induction f ‎(plural inductions)

1. induction

External links

• “induction” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).