induction

n. causing, bringing about; introduction, initiation; formal installation in an office; act or process of deriving a general proposition from certain facts; production of an electric or magnetic state without direct contact (Electricity)

Induction may refer to:Induction (play), an opening scene in a play, notably used in early English playsRite of passageOrientation week, an induction program for new students at UniversitiesTeacher induction, the support and guidance provided to novice educators in the early stages of their careersInduction (teachers), the period of one year following qualification as a teacher in the United KingdomInduction program, the process used within many businesses to welcome new employees to the company and prepare them for their new role
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Noun
1. a formal entry into an organization or position or office; "his initiation into the club"; "he was ordered to report for induction into the army"; "he gave a speech as part of his installation into the hall of fame"
(synonym) initiation, installation
(hypernym) ceremony, ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observance
(hyponym) inauguration, inaugural
(derivation) initiate, induct
2. an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current
(hypernym) electrical phenomenon
(hyponym) mutual induction
(derivation) induce, induct
3. reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
(synonym) generalization, generalisation, inductive reasoning
(hypernym) colligation
(derivation) induce
4. the process whereby changes in the current flow in a circuit produce magnetism or an EMF
(hypernym) natural process, natural action, action, activity
(hyponym) mutual induction
(derivation) induce, induct
5. stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors; "the elicitation of his testimony was not easy"
(synonym) evocation, elicitation
(hypernym) stimulation, stimulus, stimulant, input
6. (physics) a property of an electric circuit by which an electromotive force is induced in it by a variation of current
(synonym) inductance
(hypernym) physical property
(hyponym) self induction
(derivation) induce, induct
(classification) physics, physical science, natural philosophy
7. the act of bringing about something (especially at an early time); "the induction of an anesthetic state"
(hypernym) introduction, debut, first appearance, launching, unveiling, entry
(hyponym) induction of labor
(derivation) induce, stimulate, rush, hasten
8. an act that sets in motion some course of events
(synonym) trigger, initiation
(hypernym) causing, causation
(hyponym) fomentation, instigation
(derivation) induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make

n. induction, inducement

(n.)
The property by which one body, having electrical or magnetic polarity, causes or induces it in another body without direct contact; an impress of electrical or magnetic force or condition from one body on another without actual contact.
  

(n.)
The introduction of a clergyman into a benefice, or of an official into a office, with appropriate acts or ceremonies; the giving actual possession of an ecclesiastical living or its temporalities.
  

(n.)
The act or process of reasoning from a part to a whole, from particulars to generals, or from the individual to the universal; also, the result or inference so reached.
  

(n.)
The act or process of inducting or bringing in; introduction; entrance; beginning; commencement.
  

(n.)
An introduction or introductory scene, as to a play; a preface; a prologue.
  

(n.)
A process of demonstration in which a general truth is gathered from an examination of particular cases, one of which is known to be true, the examination being so conducted that each case is made to depend on the preceding one; -- called also successive induction.