induction

Nouns

  • (n) a formal entry into an organization or position or office
    • his initiation into the club
    • he was ordered to report for induction into the army
    • he gave a speech as part of his installation into the hall of fame
    initiation, installation,
  • (n) an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current inductance,
  • (n) reasoning from detailed facts to general principles generalization, inductive reasoning, generalisation,
  • (n) stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors
    • the elicitation of his testimony was not easy
    elicitation, evocation,
  • (n) the act of bringing about something (especially at an early time)
    • the induction of an anesthetic state
  • (n) an act that sets in motion some course of events trigger, initiation,

Synonyms

initiation installation inductance generalization inductive reasoning generalisation elicitation evocation trigger

Words of close approximity

inductive
induction accelerator induction coil induction heating induction of labor