inductive

C2 Topic:Mind & Cognition
US /ɪnˈdʌktɪv/
adj Freq #116311

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    arising from inductance

    Inductive reactance.

  2. 2
    adj

    Influencing; tending to induce or cause.

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

  3. 3
    adj

    inducing or influencing

  4. 4
    adj

    of reasoning

Thesaurus

Synonyms
3 adj · inducing or influencing inducive
4 adj · of reasoning inferential
Word family
Forms inductiveness
Derived forms adipoinductiveangioinductiveautoinductivechondroinductivecoinductivefibrochondroinductivehyperinductivehypnoinductiveinductivelyinductivenessinductivisminductivist

Etymology

From Middle French inductif, from Late Latin inductivus.

Topics

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