induct.html - v.tr.
(often foll. by to, into)
1 introduce formally into possession of a benefice.
2 install into a room, office, etc.
3 introduce, initiate.
4 US enlist (a person) for military service.

inductee n. [ME (as INDUCE)]

induct.html - n.
Electr. the property of an electric circuit that causes an electromotive force to be generated by a change in the current flowing.

induct.html - n.
1 the act or an instance of inducting or inducing.
2 Med. the process of bringing on (esp. labour) by artificial means.
3 Logic a the inference of a general law from particular instances (cf. DEDUCTION). b Math. a means of proving a theorem by showing that if it is true of any particular case it is true of the next case in a series, and then showing that it is indeed true in one particular case. c (foll. by of) the production of (facts) to prove a general statement.
4 (often attrib.) a formal introduction to a new job, position, etc. (attended an induction course).
5 Electr. a the production of an electric or magnetic state by the proximity (without contact) of an electrified or magnetized body. b the production of an electric current in a conductor by a change of magnetic field.
6 the drawing of a fuel mixture into the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine.
7 US enlistment for military service.

induction-coil a coil for generating intermittent high voltage from a direct current. induction heating heating by an induced electric current. [ME f. OF induction or L inductio (as INDUCE)]

induct.html - adj.
1 (of reasoning etc.) of or based on induction.
2 of electric or magnetic induction.

inductively adv. inductiveness n. [LL inductivus (as INDUCE)]

induct.html - n.
1 Electr. a component (in a circuit) which possesses inductance.
2 a person who inducts a member of the clergy. [L (as INDUCE)]

induct.html - v.tr.
1 (often foll. by to + infin.) prevail on; persuade.
2 bring about; give rise to.
3 Med. bring on (labour) artificially, esp. by use of drugs.
4 Electr. produce (a current) by induction.
5 Physics cause (radioactivity) by bombardment.
6 infer; derive as a deduction.

inducer n. inducible adj. [ME f. L inducere induct- (as IN-(2), ducere lead)]