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"there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy"verbplace ceremoniously or formally in an office or position
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verbaccept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite
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verbproduce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes
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"We were inducted into the honor society"verbadmit as a member
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"The young geisha was inducted into the ways of her profession"verbintroduce or initiate
Definition that contains induct
- h a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
- henry a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
- core a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil
- bacon English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626)
- choke a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current
- generator engine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by electromagnetic induction
- tesla United States electrical engineer and inventor (born in Croatia but of Serbian descent) who discovered the principles of alternating currents and developed the first alternating-current induction motor and the Tesla coil and several forms of oscillators (1856-1943)
- faraday the English physicist and chemist who discovered electromagnetic induction (1791-1867)
- coil reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit
- inauguration the ceremonial induction into a position