induction
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
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inductions
plural
inductions
Britannica Dictionary definition of INDUCTION
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a
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the formal act or process of placing someone into a new job, position, government office, etc.
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Many people attended the bishop's induction.
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The induction ceremony was held at a banquet hall.
b
US
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the formal act of making someone a member of the military
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the registration and induction of draftees
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medical
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the act of giving a pregnant woman special drugs so that she will give birth
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induction of labor
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technical
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a kind of reasoning that uses particular examples in order to reach a general conclusion about something
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technical
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the process by which an electric current, an electric charge, or magnetism is produced in objects by being close to an electric or magnetic field
