inductive

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪnˈdʌktɪv/ See IPA manual

Freq #116311

Meanings

1

adj
arising from inductance

Inductive reactance.
2

adj
Influencing; tending to induce or cause.

A brutish vice, / Inductive mainly to the sin of Eve.
3

adj
inducing or influencing
4

adj
of reasoning

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Synonyms

3 adj · inducing or influencing inducive

4 adj · of reasoning inferential

Word family

Forms inductiveness

Derived forms adipoinductiveangioinductiveautoinductivechondroinductivecoinductivefibrochondroinductivehyperinductivehypnoinductiveinductivelyinductivenessinductivisminductivist

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Phrases (1)

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inductive reasoning
reasoning that moves from particular observations toward a general conclusion

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Middle French inductif, from Late Latin inductivus.

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