induction

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the act of formally introducing someone into a job, group, or position

   All new employees attend an induction on their first day.

2. 2
   noun

   a way of reasoning that uses particular facts to reach a general conclusion

   Scientists often use induction to form theories from their observations.

3. 3
   noun

   the act of causing a particular state or process to begin

   The doctors discussed the induction of labour for the pregnant patient.

Inherited from Middle English induction, from Old French induction, from Latin inductiō, from indūcō (“to lead”). By surface analysis, induct + -ion or induce + -tion.

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