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Dictionary definition for: Induction
1. (n) a formal entry into an organization or position or office; "his initiation into the club" "he was ordered to report for induction into the army" "he gave a speech as part of his installation into the hall of fame"
2. (n) an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current
3. (n) reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
4. (n) the process whereby changes in the current flow in a circuit produce magnetism or an EMF
5. (n) stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors; "the elicitation of his testimony was not easy"
6. (n) (physics) a property of an electric circuit by which an electromotive force is induced in it by a variation of current
7. (n) the act of bringing about something (especially at an early time) "the induction of an anesthetic state"
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