induction

English

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Etymology

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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French induction, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin inductiō, from indūcō (“I lead”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪnˈdʌkʃən/
Rhymes: -ʌkʃən

Noun

induction (countable and uncountable, plural inductions)

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. The process of showing a newcomer around a place where they will work or study.
An act of inducing.
- 2002, Gilbert S. Banker & Christopher T. Rhodes, Modern Pharmaceutics, 4th edition, Informa Health Care, →ISBN, 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.
(medicine) The process of inducing the birth process.
(obsolete) An introduction.
- Massinger
  This is but an induction: I will draw / The curtains of the tragedy hereafter.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:induction.

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