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   induction

   /ɪnˈdʌkʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the action or process of inducting someone to a post or organization: "induction into membership of a Masonic brotherhood"
   • ▪ a formal introduction to a new job or position: "an induction course"
   • ▪ enlistment into military service. US
   • 2. the process or action of bringing about or giving rise to something: "the induction of malformations by radiation"
   • ▪ the process of bringing on the birth of a baby by artificial means, typically by the use of drugs.
   • 3. the inference of a general law from particular instances: "the admission that laws of nature cannot be established by induction"
   • ▪ the production of facts to prove a general statement.
   • ▪ a means of proving a theorem by showing that if it is true of any particular case it is true of the next case in a series, and then showing that it is indeed true in one particular case.
   • 4. the production of an electric or magnetic state by the proximity (without contact) of an electrified or magnetized body.
   • ▪ the production of an electric current in a conductor by varying the magnetic field applied to the conductor.
   • 5. the stage of the working cycle of an internal combustion engine in which the fuel mixture is drawn into the cylinders.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin inductio(n-), from the verb inducere ‘lead into’ (see induce).

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