Definition of Induction
Induction
in·duc·tion
Definition/Meaning
(noun)
the action or process of formally admitting and initiating/installing someone in a particular position, such as a job, a military office, or membership in an organization;
e.g. He was looking forward to his induction into the club. The company held an induction session to welcome the new employees.
(noun)
the action or process of causing some process or effect, especially the medical procedure of artificially beginning labor/childbirth, typically using drugs;
e.g. The doctor scheduled her induction for a particular date.
(noun)
the technique of drawing a particular conclusion or proving a particular point using specific instances, especially the mathematical technique of proving a theorem by proving that if it is true for one value, it must be true for the next value in a series;
e.g. She used induction to find the solution to the problem.
(noun)
(physics) the process by which an electric or magnetic field can be produced in an object by bringing it close (but not touching) to a electric/magnetic body, or the process by which an electric current can be produced in a body by changing the magnetic field acting on the body;
e.g. Some metal detectors work by the process of induction, since they respond to the magnetic fields of metallic objects.
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