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in⋅duc⋅tive

  [in-duhk-tiv]
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–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or involving electrical or magnetic induction.
2. operating by induction: an inductive machine.
3. of, pertaining to, or employing logical induction: inductive reasoning.
4. Embryology. eliciting the action of an embryonic inducer.
5. serving to induce; leading or influencing (usually fol. by to).
6. introductory.
Origin:
1600–10; < LL inductīvus. See induct, -ive

Related forms:
in⋅duc⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
in⋅duc⋅tive⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
3. See deductive.
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in·duc·tive   (ĭn-dŭk'tĭv)   
adj.  
  1. Of, relating to, or using logical induction: inductive reasoning.
  2. Electricity Of or arising from inductance: inductive reactance.
  3. Causing or influencing; inducing.
  4. Introductory.
in·duc'tive·ly adv., in·duc'tive·ness n.
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Inductive

In*duct"ive\, a. [LL. inductivus: cf. F. inductif. See Induce.]

1. Leading or drawing; persuasive; tempting; -- usually followed by to.

A brutish vice, Inductive mainly to the sin of Eve. --Milton.

2. Tending to induce or cause. [R.]

They may be . . . inductive of credibility. --Sir M. Hale.

3. Leading to inferences; proceeding by, derived from, or using, induction; as, inductive reasoning.

4. (Physics) (a) Operating by induction; as, an inductive electrical machine. (b) Facilitating induction; susceptible of being acted upon by induction; as certain substances have a great inductive capacity.

Inductive embarrassment (Physics), the retardation in signaling on an electric wire, produced by lateral induction.

Inductive philosophy or method. See Philosophical induction, under Induction.

Inductive sciences, those sciences which admit of, and employ, the inductive method, as astronomy, botany, chemistry, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Main Entry: in·duc·tive
Pronunciation: in-'d&k-tiv
Function: adjective
1 : of or relating to inductance or electrical induction
2 : involving the action of an embryological inductor : tending to produce induction inductive effect of chordamesoderm> <inductive reactionsin the embryo> —in·duc·tive·ly adverb
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