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nounstimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors
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nounan act that sets in motion some course of events
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nounreasoning from detailed facts to general principlestype of:
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nounan 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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"he was ordered to report for induction into the army"nouna formal entry into an organization or position or office
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"the induction of an anesthetic state"nounthe act of bringing about something (especially at an early time)type of:
Definition that contains induction
- 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)
- inauguration the ceremonial induction into a position
- induce reason or establish by induction
- inaugural the ceremonial induction into a position
- inaugural occurring at or characteristic of a formal investiture or induction
- hypnogenesis the induction of sleep or hypnosis
- nikola 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)
- coefficient of mutual induction a measure of the induction between two circuits; the ratio of the electromotive force in a circuit to the corresponding change of current in a neighboring circuit; usually measured in henries