induction

induction
in•duc•tion
[[t]ɪnˈdʌk ʃən[/t]] n.
1) the act of inducing
2) formal installation in an office, benefice, or the like
3) pho (in logic)
a) any form of reasoning in which the conclusion, though supported by the premises, does not follow from them necessarily
b) the process of estimating the validity of observations of part of a class of facts as evidence for a proposition about the whole class
c) a conclusion reached by this process
Compare deduction 5)
4) a presentation or bringing forward, as of facts or evidence
5) elm the process by which a body having electric or magnetic properties produces magnetism, an electric charge, or an electromotive force in a neighboring body without visible contact
6) dvl the process or principle by which one part of an embryo influences the differentiation of another part
7) biochem. Biochem. the synthesis of an enzyme in response to an increased concentration of its substrate in the cell
8) archaic a preface
Etymology: 1350–1400; ME < L

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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