■ noun
1》 the action or process of inducting someone to a post, organization, etc.
2》 the action or process of inducing something.
3》 Logic the inference of a general law from particular instances. Often contrasted with deduction .
↘the production of facts to prove a general statement.
4》 Mathematics the proof of a theorem by showing that if it is true of any particular case it is true of the next case in a series, and then showing that it is indeed true in one particular case.
5》 the production of an electric or magnetic state by the proximity (without contact) of an electrified or magnetized body.
↘the production of an electric current in a conductor by varying an applied magnetic field.
6》 the drawing of the fuel mixture into the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine.