induction

A formal ceremony in which a person is appointed to an office or into military service.

The process of showing a newcomer around a place where they will work or study.

(physics) Generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field.

(logic) Derivation of general principles from specific instances.

(mathematics) 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.

(theater) 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.

(embryology) 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

(mechanical engineering) The delivery of air to the cylinders of an internal combustion piston engine.

(medicine) The process of inducing the birth process.

(obsolete) An introduction.