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/ɪnˈdʌkʃən/
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ɪnˈdʌkʃən
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An act of inducting.
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I know not you; nor am I well pleased to make this time, as the affair now stands, the induction of your acquaintance.
These promises are fair, the parties sure, / And our induction full of prosperous hope.
An act of inducting. A formal ceremony in which a person is appointed to an office or into military service.
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[Strom] Thurmond also condemned [Bayard] Rustin for having refusing ^([sic]) military induction as a conscientious objector.
An act of inducting. The process of showing a newcomer around a place where they will work or study.
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Near-synonym: orientation
An act of inducing.
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One of the first examples of the immunogenicity of recombinantly derived antibodies was with murine anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody (OKT3) used in the induction of immunosupression after organ transplantation.
An act of inducing. Generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field.
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An act of inducing. Derivation of general principles from specific instances.
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Meronym: abstraction
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For the most part they contented themselves with repeating a few familiar facts or adding a few fresh theories ; they did not attempt a wide induction on the basis of a systematic collection and classification of the evidence.
An act of inducing. A method of proof of a theorem by first proving it for a specific case (often an integer; usually 0 or 1) and showing that, if it is true for one case then it must be true for the next.
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An act of inducing. Use of rumors to twist and complicate the plot of a play or to narrate in a way that does not have to state truth nor fact within the play.
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An act of inducing. Given a group of cells that emits or displays a substance, the influence of this substance on the fate of a second group of cells.
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An act of inducing. The delivery of air to the cylinders of an internal combustion piston engine.
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The process of inducing labour for the childbirth process.
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An introduction.
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This is but an induction: I'lldraw / The curtains of the tragedy hereafter.
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a formal entry into an organization or position or office
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his initiation into the club
he was ordered to report for induction into the army
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he gave a speech as part of his installation into the hall of fame
an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current
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reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
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stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors
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the elicitation of his testimony was not easy
the act of bringing about something (especially at an early time)
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the induction of an anesthetic state
an act that sets in motion some course of events
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