| Definitions | | induction |
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noun
- the act of inducting
- a formal ceremony in which a person is inducted into an office or into military service
- (physics) the generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field
- (logic) the derivation of general principles from specific instances
- (mathematics) a general proof of a theorem by first proving it for a specific integer (for example) and showing that, if it is true for one integer then it must be true for the next
- the act of inducing childbirth
- In theatre, induction is the 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.
- (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.
- (obsolete) an introduction
Translations: - German: Induktion
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(trans-top, the act of inducing childbirth)
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(trans-top, the use of rumors to twist and complicate the plot)
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(trans-top, the development of a feature from part of a formerly homogenous field of cells)
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(trans-top, an introduction)
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- Italian: induzione
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(trans-top, a general proof of a theorem)
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