inductiveadj.

Brit.

/ɪnˈdʌktɪv/, U.S.

/ᵻnˈdəktɪv/

Etymology: < Latin inductīvus (Priscian), < induct- , participial stem of indūcĕre : see induce v. and -ive suffix. Compare French inductif, -ive (14th cent. in Godefroy).

1. Leading on (to some action, etc.); inducing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > [adjective] > causing > leading to or inducing

inductive1607

perpendicular1632

1607 R. Parker Scholasticall Disc. against Antichrist ii. vi. 56 An active scandall is not only given by a purpose to drawe to sinne, but also when hauing no intent a man doth that, which of it selfe is inductiue to it.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 519 To serve ungovern'd appetite..a brutish vice, Inductive mainly to the sin of Eve.

1828 in Decisions Court of Session 1822–5 653 The inductive cause and primary object of granting the obligation was to secure an annuity to Jean Knox.

†2. Productive of, giving rise to. Obsolete.

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the world > existence and causation > causation > [adjective] > causing > productive of

causativea1420

nutrix?a1475

effective1594

inductive1613

productivea1631

creative1701

gignitive1837

causeful1849

1613 T. Milles tr. P. Mexia et al. Treasurie Auncient & Moderne Times 957/1 Wee know and perceiue it [air] to be the operatiue and inductiue Instrument, of the vertue of life.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. i. 132 Probable and inductive of Credibility, though not of Science or Infallibility.

1772 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra II. lxviii. 324 Circumstances inductive of a doubt whether the prisoner be guilty or innocent.

3. Caused by induction; of induced nature or origin. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [adjective] > caused or induced

occasionate1440

occasioned1576

induced1611

causate1652

inductive1827

caused1875

1827 H. T. Colebrooke Misc. Ess. (1837) I. 371 Its activity is not of its essence, but inductive through its organs.

4. Logic.

a. Of the nature of, based upon, or characterized by the use of induction, or reasoning from particular facts to general principles.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > process of inferring, inference > [adjective] > reasoning by inference

inductive1764

deductive1861

inferring1890

1764 T. Reid Inq. Human Mind vi. §24 (R.) Upon this principle of our constitution..all inductive reasoning, and all our reasoning from analogy is grounded.

1828 J. S. Mill in Westm. Rev. 9 140 They talk in high-flown language, not always conveying very precise ideas, of a supposed system of inductive logic, which is to supersede the syllogistic, and really to accomplish still more than the other even attempts.

1828 J. S. Mill in Westm. Rev. 9 150 An inductive logic would be highly useful as a supplement to the syllogistic logic, not to supersede it.

1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. 104 The whole of natural philosophy consists entirely of a series of inductive generalizations.

1837 W. Whewell (title) History of the inductive sciences.

1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic viii. 262 In Inductive reasoning, the parts are first stated, and what is predicated of them is also predicated of the whole they constitute.

1865 Bowen Auguste Comte 58 Comte's determined abstinence from the word and the idea of Cause, had much to do with his inability to conceive an Inductive Logic.

1869 T. Fowler (title) The Elements of Inductive Logic.

1874 Darwin in Life & Lett. (1887) III. 193 My mind is so fixed by the inductive method, that I cannot appreciate deductive reasoning.

1934 A. C. Ewing Idealism iv. 170 An inductive logic which dispenses with such arguments.

1964 F. Bowers Bibliogr. & Textual Crit. ii. i. 36 I am aware that inductive and deductive as applied to reasoning have acquired philosophical half-lights that may in the end cause a subtle mind to deny that there is any difference between them.

1964 E. Mendelson Introd. Math. Logic 9 In the course of this deduction, P (n, y₁,…, yk) is called the inductive hypothesis.

b. Of persons: Using the method of induction.

ΚΠ

1764 T. Reid Inq. Human Mind vi. §9. 150 He planned out much work for his followers who call themselves inductive philosophers.

1842 N. B. Ward Closed Cases Pl. (1852) iii. 68 The inductive mind of a Davy or a Faraday.

1871 E. B. Tylor Primitive Culture I. 4 This man's observation may have been as narrow as his inferences are crude and prejudiced, but nevertheless he has been an inductive philosopher more than forty years without knowing it.

c. With reference to ethics (see quots.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > moral philosophy > [adjective] > of other theories, etc.

Shaftesburian1752

non-inductive1844

inductive1861

imperativist1921

Weberian1925

factualist1933

situationalist1942

prescriptive1946

cognitivist1952

prescriptivist1954

1861 J. S. Mill Utilitarianism in Fraser's Mag. Oct. i. 392/1 What may be termed the inductive..school of ethics, insists on the necessity of general laws... According to..[this] doctrine, right and wrong, as well as truth and falsehood, are questions of observation and experience.

1869 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. European Morals I. i. 3 The other [theory of morals] as the Epicurean, the inductive, the utilitarian or the selfish.

a. Of the nature of, pertaining to, or due to electric or magnetic induction. Also inductive coupling, coupling between two electric circuits or devices that is due to their mutual inductance; so inductive-coupled adj., coupled in this way; inductive reactance, reactance due to inductance.

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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrically induced magnetism > electromagnetic induction > [adjective]

inductive1832

Amperian1837

inducing1837

inducting1839

inductric1855

faradaic1875

faradic1878

magneto-inductive1879

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > electronic circuit > [noun] > connection with mutual dependence

inductive coupling1907

coupling1908

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > resistance > [noun] > reactance

reactance1893

inductive reactance1911

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > electronic circuit > [adjective]

coupledc1440

inductive-coupled1913

closed circuit1941

printed1946

bistable1949

astable1951

busy-idle1951

monolithic1963

optocoupled1976

1832 Faraday in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 122 137 The inductive force was of course greater.

1849 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. (ed. 8) xxviii. 314 The inductive process may be indefinitely modified by the various circumstances of the quantity and intensity of the electricity.

1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) I. xv. 410 When..good hard magnets act on each other from a sufficient distance, the inductive action practically vanishes.

1879 G. B. Prescott Speaking Telephone (new ed.) 86 (note) The phenomenon of inductive retardation in long ocean cables.

1907 J. Erskine-Murray Handbk. Wireless Telegr. ii. 43 This method of connection is now called ‘direct coupling’, as opposed to inductive coupling by means of a separate primary and secondary.

1911 Whittaker's Electr. Engineer's Pocket-bk. (ed. 3) 124 The two may be added algebraically, the capacity reactance being considered as opposite in sign to the inductive reactance.

1913 A. F. Collins Man. Wireless Telegr. (ed. 3) vii. 126 (heading) Diagram of an inductive-coupled resonator.

1954 E. Molloy Radio & Television Engineers' Ref. Bk. vii. 7 Figs. 7 and 8, with closely-coupled inductive or direct coupling, give no harmonic voltage reduction in the aerial circuit other than that afforded by the aerial loading coil.

1960 E. Hughes Electr. Technol. xi. 339 The inductive reactance is proportional to the frequency.

1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) III. 521/1 Inductive-coupled circuits have a common magnetic flux linking the two circuits.

b. Possessing inductance.

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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrically induced magnetism > electromagnetic induction > [adjective] > possessing inductance

inductive1902

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 599/2 In series with the inductive circuit another non-inductive circuit is joined.

1920 Whittaker's Electr. Engineer's Pocket-bk. (ed. 4) 129 The current through an inductive circuit of negligible resistance lags 90° behind the impressed e.m.f.

1962 A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio 256 An inductive impedance increases with frequency; a capacitative impedance decreases with frequency.

6. Introductory.

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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [adjective] > preliminary or introductory

preparatory1442

proemial1447

isagogicala1529

liminary1603

inducing1605

prelusive1605

preambling1608

prefatory?c1622

ushering1628

preambulary1630

inductory1632

introductive1638

prelusory1638

preambulous1646

preambular1647

preludial1647

preliminary1650

prefacive1651

preludious1651

introitory1652

prodromous1652

introductory1660

superliminary1675

exordiala1682

prodrome1682

prodromal1716

premisory1844

prefatiala1848

inductive1868

prolusory1868

inleading1889

prodromic1891

1868 Act 31 & 32 Vict. c. 101 Sched. (B) No. 1 After the inductive and dispositive clauses, the deed may proceed thus [etc.].

1875 A. W. Ward Hist. Eng. Dramatic Lit. I. Introd. 11 In the form of a Prologue or..by means of a separate Induction, or even by an inductive Dumb-show.

7. Embryology. Of, pertaining to, or producing induction (sense 9d).

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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > embryo or fetus > embryo development processes > [adjective]

quickOE

palaeogenetic1882

mosaic1893

protonic1902

previable1910

inductive1931

1931 J. Needham Chem. Embryol. I. 578 The inductive power of the cells of the dorsal lip is not abolished by drying them.

1962 Saxén & Toivonen Primary Embryonic Induction i. 7 The blastoporal lip of an early gastrula, and that part of an older one, have qualitatively different inductive properties.

1962 Saxén & Toivonen Primary Embryonic Induction i. 7 Until 1932, the real nature of the inductive action presented an enigma.

1967 T. W. Torrey Morphogenesis Vertebr. (ed. 2) xviii. 359/1 When extracts are treated with proteolytic enzymes, inductive ability is destroyed.

8. Combination inductive-minded adj.

ΚΠ

1905 W. James in Mind XIV. 191 The one condition of understanding humanism is to become inductive-minded oneself, to drop vigorous definitions, and follow lines of least resistance ‘on the whole’.

Derivatives

inˈductiveness n. the quality of being inductive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical reasoning > [noun] > inductive reasoning

induction1553

inducting1817

inductiveness1845

1845 G. S. Faber Eight Diss. II. vi. vi. 54 Understanding the conjunction in its common import of inductiveness.

a1866 J. Grote Exam. Utilit. Philos. (1870) xvii. 260 Such inductiveness therefore as there is in utilitarianism.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	inductive
释义	inductiven. Etymology: < Latin inductīvum, neuter singular of inductīvus : see inductive adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: inˈductive. †1. An inducement, incentive. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > [noun] > that which persuades persuasiona1398 inductivea1420 inducement1597 persuasive1626 suasorya1632 suasive1670 nest-egg1678 a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 453 Me thynkyth this a verray inductif Vnto stelthe. 1657 W. Morice Coena quasi Κοινὴ Def. xxviii. 278 The same reason..may become also an inductive to their expulsion from Ecclesiastick Communion. 1683 E. Hooker in J. Pordage Theologia Mystica Pref. Epist. 92 These reasons, grounds, persuasives, motives, or, if you please, inductives and incentives. 2. = inductionist n. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > empiricism > [noun] > inductivism or elements of > adherent of inductive1877 inductionist1893 inductivist1940 1877 F. H. Laing Ld. Bacon's ‘Philosophy’ Examined xii. 110 The inductives themselves are forced..to employ..all these words, which perpetually occur in their writings. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2019). inductiveadj. Brit. /ɪnˈdʌktɪv/, U.S. /ᵻnˈdəktɪv/ Etymology: < Latin inductīvus (Priscian), < induct- , participial stem of indūcĕre : see induce v. and -ive suffix. Compare French inductif, -ive (14th cent. in Godefroy). 1. Leading on (to some action, etc.); inducing. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [adjective] > causing > leading to or inducing inductive1607 perpendicular1632 1607 R. Parker Scholasticall Disc. against Antichrist ii. vi. 56 An active scandall is not only given by a purpose to drawe to sinne, but also when hauing no intent a man doth that, which of it selfe is inductiue to it. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 519 To serve ungovern'd appetite..a brutish vice, Inductive mainly to the sin of Eve. View more context for this quotation 1828 in Decisions Court of Session 1822–5 653 The inductive cause and primary object of granting the obligation was to secure an annuity to Jean Knox. †2. Productive of, giving rise to. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [adjective] > causing > productive of causativea1420 nutrix?a1475 effective1594 inductive1613 productivea1631 creative1701 gignitive1837 causeful1849 1613 T. Milles tr. P. Mexia et al. Treasurie Auncient & Moderne Times 957/1 Wee know and perceiue it [air] to be the operatiue and inductiue Instrument, of the vertue of life. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. i. 132 Probable and inductive of Credibility, though not of Science or Infallibility. 1772 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra II. lxviii. 324 Circumstances inductive of a doubt whether the prisoner be guilty or innocent. 3. Caused by induction; of induced nature or origin. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [adjective] > caused or induced occasionate1440 occasioned1576 induced1611 causate1652 inductive1827 caused1875 1827 H. T. Colebrooke Misc. Ess. (1837) I. 371 Its activity is not of its essence, but inductive through its organs. 4. Logic. a. Of the nature of, based upon, or characterized by the use of induction, or reasoning from particular facts to general principles. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > process of inferring, inference > [adjective] > reasoning by inference inductive1764 deductive1861 inferring1890 1764 T. Reid Inq. Human Mind vi. §24 (R.) Upon this principle of our constitution..all inductive reasoning, and all our reasoning from analogy is grounded. 1828 J. S. Mill in Westm. Rev. 9 140 They talk in high-flown language, not always conveying very precise ideas, of a supposed system of inductive logic, which is to supersede the syllogistic, and really to accomplish still more than the other even attempts. 1828 J. S. Mill in Westm. Rev. 9 150 An inductive logic would be highly useful as a supplement to the syllogistic logic, not to supersede it. 1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. 104 The whole of natural philosophy consists entirely of a series of inductive generalizations. 1837 W. Whewell (title) History of the inductive sciences. 1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic viii. 262 In Inductive reasoning, the parts are first stated, and what is predicated of them is also predicated of the whole they constitute. 1865 Bowen Auguste Comte 58 Comte's determined abstinence from the word and the idea of Cause, had much to do with his inability to conceive an Inductive Logic. 1869 T. Fowler (title) The Elements of Inductive Logic. 1874 Darwin in Life & Lett. (1887) III. 193 My mind is so fixed by the inductive method, that I cannot appreciate deductive reasoning. 1934 A. C. Ewing Idealism iv. 170 An inductive logic which dispenses with such arguments. 1964 F. Bowers Bibliogr. & Textual Crit. ii. i. 36 I am aware that inductive and deductive as applied to reasoning have acquired philosophical half-lights that may in the end cause a subtle mind to deny that there is any difference between them. 1964 E. Mendelson Introd. Math. Logic 9 In the course of this deduction, P (n, y₁,…, yk) is called the inductive hypothesis. b. Of persons: Using the method of induction. ΚΠ 1764 T. Reid Inq. Human Mind vi. §9. 150 He planned out much work for his followers who call themselves inductive philosophers. 1842 N. B. Ward Closed Cases Pl. (1852) iii. 68 The inductive mind of a Davy or a Faraday. 1871 E. B. Tylor Primitive Culture I. 4 This man's observation may have been as narrow as his inferences are crude and prejudiced, but nevertheless he has been an inductive philosopher more than forty years without knowing it. c. With reference to ethics (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > moral philosophy > [adjective] > of other theories, etc. Shaftesburian1752 non-inductive1844 inductive1861 imperativist1921 Weberian1925 factualist1933 situationalist1942 prescriptive1946 cognitivist1952 prescriptivist1954 1861 J. S. Mill Utilitarianism in Fraser's Mag. Oct. i. 392/1 What may be termed the inductive..school of ethics, insists on the necessity of general laws... According to..[this] doctrine, right and wrong, as well as truth and falsehood, are questions of observation and experience. 1869 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. European Morals I. i. 3 The other [theory of morals] as the Epicurean, the inductive, the utilitarian or the selfish. 5. a. Of the nature of, pertaining to, or due to electric or magnetic induction. Also inductive coupling, coupling between two electric circuits or devices that is due to their mutual inductance; so inductive-coupled adj., coupled in this way; inductive reactance, reactance due to inductance. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrically induced magnetism > electromagnetic induction > [adjective] inductive1832 Amperian1837 inducing1837 inducting1839 inductric1855 faradaic1875 faradic1878 magneto-inductive1879 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > electronic circuit > [noun] > connection with mutual dependence inductive coupling1907 coupling1908 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > resistance > [noun] > reactance reactance1893 inductive reactance1911 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > electronic circuit > [adjective] coupledc1440 inductive-coupled1913 closed circuit1941 printed1946 bistable1949 astable1951 busy-idle1951 monolithic1963 optocoupled1976 1832 Faraday in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 122 137 The inductive force was of course greater. 1849 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. (ed. 8) xxviii. 314 The inductive process may be indefinitely modified by the various circumstances of the quantity and intensity of the electricity. 1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) I. xv. 410 When..good hard magnets act on each other from a sufficient distance, the inductive action practically vanishes. 1879 G. B. Prescott Speaking Telephone (new ed.) 86 (note) The phenomenon of inductive retardation in long ocean cables. 1907 J. Erskine-Murray Handbk. Wireless Telegr. ii. 43 This method of connection is now called ‘direct coupling’, as opposed to inductive coupling by means of a separate primary and secondary. 1911 Whittaker's Electr. Engineer's Pocket-bk. (ed. 3) 124 The two may be added algebraically, the capacity reactance being considered as opposite in sign to the inductive reactance. 1913 A. F. Collins Man. Wireless Telegr. (ed. 3) vii. 126 (heading) Diagram of an inductive-coupled resonator. 1954 E. Molloy Radio & Television Engineers' Ref. Bk. vii. 7 Figs. 7 and 8, with closely-coupled inductive or direct coupling, give no harmonic voltage reduction in the aerial circuit other than that afforded by the aerial loading coil. 1960 E. Hughes Electr. Technol. xi. 339 The inductive reactance is proportional to the frequency. 1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) III. 521/1 Inductive-coupled circuits have a common magnetic flux linking the two circuits. b. Possessing inductance. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrically induced magnetism > electromagnetic induction > [adjective] > possessing inductance inductive1902 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 599/2 In series with the inductive circuit another non-inductive circuit is joined. 1920 Whittaker's Electr. Engineer's Pocket-bk. (ed. 4) 129 The current through an inductive circuit of negligible resistance lags 90° behind the impressed e.m.f. 1962 A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio 256 An inductive impedance increases with frequency; a capacitative impedance decreases with frequency. 6. Introductory. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [adjective] > preliminary or introductory preparatory1442 proemial1447 isagogicala1529 liminary1603 inducing1605 prelusive1605 preambling1608 prefatory?c1622 ushering1628 preambulary1630 inductory1632 introductive1638 prelusory1638 preambulous1646 preambular1647 preludial1647 preliminary1650 prefacive1651 preludious1651 introitory1652 prodromous1652 introductory1660 superliminary1675 exordiala1682 prodrome1682 prodromal1716 premisory1844 prefatiala1848 inductive1868 prolusory1868 inleading1889 prodromic1891 1868 Act 31 & 32 Vict. c. 101 Sched. (B) No. 1 After the inductive and dispositive clauses, the deed may proceed thus [etc.]. 1875 A. W. Ward Hist. Eng. Dramatic Lit. I. Introd. 11 In the form of a Prologue or..by means of a separate Induction, or even by an inductive Dumb-show. 7. Embryology. Of, pertaining to, or producing induction (sense 9d). ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > embryo or fetus > embryo development processes > [adjective] quickOE palaeogenetic1882 mosaic1893 protonic1902 previable1910 inductive1931 1931 J. Needham Chem. Embryol. I. 578 The inductive power of the cells of the dorsal lip is not abolished by drying them. 1962 Saxén & Toivonen Primary Embryonic Induction i. 7 The blastoporal lip of an early gastrula, and that part of an older one, have qualitatively different inductive properties. 1962 Saxén & Toivonen Primary Embryonic Induction i. 7 Until 1932, the real nature of the inductive action presented an enigma. 1967 T. W. Torrey Morphogenesis Vertebr. (ed. 2) xviii. 359/1 When extracts are treated with proteolytic enzymes, inductive ability is destroyed. 8. Combination inductive-minded adj. ΚΠ 1905 W. James in Mind XIV. 191 The one condition of understanding humanism is to become inductive-minded oneself, to drop vigorous definitions, and follow lines of least resistance ‘on the whole’. Derivatives inˈductiveness n. the quality of being inductive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical reasoning > [noun] > inductive reasoning induction1553 inducting1817 inductiveness1845 1845 G. S. Faber Eight Diss. II. vi. vi. 54 Understanding the conjunction in its common import of inductiveness. a1866 J. Grote Exam. Utilit. Philos. (1870) xvii. 260 Such inductiveness therefore as there is in utilitarianism. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1420adj.1607
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inductiven.

inductiveadj.

Derivatives