induction (
http://definr.com/induction)
n 1: a formal entry into a position or office; "his initiation
into the club"; "he was ordered to report for induction
into the army" [syn:
initiation,
installation]
2: an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force
(EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the
flow of current
3: reasoning from detailed facts to general principles [syn:
generalization,
generalisation,
inductive reasoning]
4: the process whereby changes in the current flow in a circuit
produce magnetism or an EMF
5: stimulation that calls up (evokes or induces or elicits) a
particular class of behaviors [syn:
evocation,
elicitation]
6: (physics) a property of an electric circuit by which an
electromotive force is induced in it by a variation of
current [syn:
inductance]
7: the act of bringing about something (especially at an early
time); "the induction of an anesthetic state"
8: an act that sets in motion some course of events [syn:
trigger,
initiation]