- [uncountable, countable] induction (into something) the process of introducing somebody to a new job, skill, organization, etc.; a ceremony at which this takes place
- induction into the local business community
- The induction of new students will take place in the main hall.
- [uncountable, countable] the act of making a pregnant woman start to give birth, using artificial means such as a special drug
- the induction of labour
- [uncountable] (specialist) a method of discovering general rules and principles from particular facts and examples compare deductionTopics Maths and measurementc2
- [uncountable] (physics) the process by which electricity or magnetism passes from one object to another without them touchingTopics Physics and chemistryc2
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin inductio(n-), from the verb inducere ‘lead into’, ‘lead in’, from in- ‘into’ + ducere ‘to lead’.
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