induction

• stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors
• reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
• an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current
• a formal entry into an organization or position or office
• the act of bringing about something (especially at an early time)
• an act that sets in motion some course of events
• The act or process of inducting or bringing in
• An introduction or introductory scene, as to a play
• The act or process of reasoning from a part to a whole, from particulars to generals, or from the individual to the universal
• The introduction of a clergyman into a benefice, or of an official into a office, with appropriate acts or ceremonies
• A process of demonstration in which a general truth is gathered from an examination of particular cases, one of which is known to be true, the examination being so conducted that each case is made to depend on the preceding one
• The property by which one body, having electrical or magnetic polarity, causes or induces it in another body without direct contact

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