induction

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   An act of inducting.
2. 2
   An act of inducting: A formal ceremony in which a person is appointed to an office or into military service.
3. 3
   An act of inducting: The process of showing a newcomer around a place where they will work or study.
4. 4
   An act of inducing.
5. 5
   An act of inducing: Generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field.
6. 6
   An act of inducing: Derivation of general principles from specific instances.
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   An act of inducing: 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.
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   An act of inducing: 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.
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   An act of inducing: Given a group of cells that emits or displays a substance, the influence of this substance on the fate of a second group of cells.
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    An act of inducing: The delivery of air to the cylinders of an internal combustion piston engine.
11. 11
    The process of inducing labour for the childbirth process.
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    An introduction.