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inductive

[ in-duhk-tiv ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or involving electrical induction or magnetic induction.
  2. operating by induction:

    an inductive machine.

  3. of, relating to, or employing logical induction:

    inductive reasoning.

  4. Embryology. eliciting the action of an embryonic inducer.
  5. serving to induce; leading or influencing (usually followed by to ).


inductive

/ ɪnˈdʌktɪv /

adjective

  1. relating to, involving, or operated by electrical or magnetic induction

    an inductive reactance

  2. logic maths of, relating to, or using induction

    inductive reasoning

  3. serving to induce or cause
  4. a rare word for introductory
  5. biology producing a reaction within an organism, esp induction in embryonic tissue


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Derived Forms

  • inˈductively, adverb
  • inˈductiveness, noun

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Other Words From

  • in·ductive·ly adverb
  • in·ductive·ness noun
  • anti-in·ductive adjective
  • anti-in·ductive·ly adverb
  • anti-in·ductive·ness noun
  • prein·ductive adjective
  • semi-in·ductive adjective
  • unin·ductive adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of inductive1

From the Late Latin word inductīvus, dating back to 1600–10. See induct, -ive

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Example Sentences

Absent a clear answer, Obama has, in effect, asked the country to infer his goals by inductive reasoning.

He was a great pioneer of philosophy, since he resorted to inductive methods of proof, and gave general definiteness to ideas.

His method is hence inductive,--the derivation of certain principles from a sum of given facts and phenomena.

Of inductive and deductive, the inductive 140 proofs generally go first.

This brings us at once to the very heart of Holbach's method which was experimental and inductive to the last degree.

So far, therefore, as relates to simple existence, the Inductive Logic has no knots to untie.

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