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    [Noun]  | "in*duc*tion" | \ in-ˈdək-shən \


    1: the act or process of inducting (as into office)

    2: the formality by which a civilian is inducted into military service

    3: an initial experience : initiation

    Origin: 14th century ;

    [Noun]  | "induction coil" 


    1: an apparatus for obtaining intermittent high voltage that consists of a primary coil through which the direct current flows, an interrupter, and a secondary coil of a larger number of turns in which the high voltage is induced

    Origin: 1837 ;

    [Noun]  | "induction heating" 


    1: heating of material by means of an electric current that is caused to flow through the material or its container by electromagnetic induction

    Origin: 1919 ;

    [Noun]  | "induction motor" 


    1: an alternating-current motor in which torque is produced by the reaction between a varying magnetic field generated in the stator and the current induced in the coils of the rotor

    Origin: 1897 ;

    [Noun]  | "mathematical induction" 


    1: induction

    Origin: 1838 ;

    [Noun]  | "self-in*duc*tion" | \ ˌself-in-ˈdək-shən \


    1: induction of an electromotive force in a circuit by a varying current in the same circuit

    Origin: 1839 ;

    [Noun]  | "linear motor" 


    1: a motor that produces thrust in a straight line by direct induction rather than with the use of gears —called also linear induction motor

    Origin: 1957 ;

    [Adjective]  | "pre*in*duc*tion" | \ ˌprē-in-ˈdək-shən \


    1: occurring before an induction

    Origin: 1890 ;

    [Noun]  | "induction" 


    1: the process or an instance of being formally placed in an office or organization;


      * e.g., " ... the formal induction will be tomorrow, but the college president has already started work "



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    2: an opinion arrived at through a process of reasoning;


      * e.g., " ... the urbanologist's controversial induction that a thriving bohemian community is vital to a city's economic health "



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     [ "inductable" ]

    1: Not capable of being able to be passed though the duct, tube or tubular hole.

      * e.g.,  ... I just can't get that speaker cable through that hole in the wall - its inductable. 

     [ "induct" ]

    1: verb (used with object)

      * e.g.,  ... They inducted him into the mystic rites of the order. 

     [ "induct" ]

    2: to install in an office, benefice, position, etc., especially with formal ceremonies:

     [ "induct" ]

    3: The committee inducted her as president.

     [ "induct" ]

    4: to introduce, especially to something requiring special knowledge or experience; initiate (usually followed by to or into)

     [ "Inductive Reasoning" ]

    1: X has attributes A, B, and C.

      * e.g.,  ... Inductive Reasoning: Jesus has brown hair. 

     [ "Inductive Reasoning" ]

    2: Y has attributes A and B.

      * e.g.,  ... I have brown hair. 

     [ "Inductive Reasoning" ]

    3: So, Y has attribute C.

      * e.g.,  ... I am Jesus. 

     [ "forced induction" ]

    1: A replacement for displacement.

      * e.g.,  ... Wow that 2L with forced induction is giving out 500rwhp! 

     [ "Italian Induction" ]

    1: The use of sex as a method for inducing labor.

      * e.g.,  ... Well into her tenth month, Sarah was ready for the stirrups after ten minutes of Italian Induction. 

     [ "Force inducted" ]

    1: Introducing more air into an engine via turbo charging or supercharging thereby delivering more fuel and generating more HP.With cars typically called ricers, doing this no longer keeps the vehicle in that category.Typically import cars with this done spanks on vehicles with much larger motors leaving them scratching there head"I just got beat by a ricer?"

      * e.g.,  ... Your honda civic aint got nothing on my GT."at the end of the finish line the muscle boy gives this excuse "I was spinning at launch.Muscle boy just got pwned by a force inducted import. 

     [ "engineers induction" ]

    1: Engineers induction is assuming a statement is always true once it is true on a few small cases

      * e.g.,  ... Alice: 3, 5, and 7 are prime, so all odd numbers must be prime by engineers induction 

     [ "accretive-induction" ]

    1: The hypothesis that sound co-located-with-itself creates light. Ie. Sound moving at uncountable speed.

      * e.g.,  ... Sound is the only emergent phenomenon that can be superimposed on the same location twice. Ie. Two similar-sounding words occupy the same space. Accretive-induction states that light is the result of sound's ability to co-locate itself in the same space. 

     [ "urbdict induct" ]

    1: newly submitted words and terms are officially awarded this as soon as the great Urban Dictionary editors grant them their approval

      * e.g.,  ... When a term is accepted by UD editors (who are so sexy) for inclusion in Urban Dictionary, it is said to have received an 'urbdict induct'. 

     [ "Inductive Definition" ]

    1: An Inductive Definition.

      * e.g.,  ... PHP is an inductive definition. 

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