inductionnoun
uk/ɪnˈdʌk.ʃən/us/ɪnˈdʌk.ʃən/induction noun (INTRODUCTION)
[ C or U ] an occasion when someone is formally introduced into a new job or organization, especially through a special ceremony:
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Ceremonies
- cavalcade
- ceremonial
- ceremony
- commemorate
- commencement
- hara-kiri
- initiate
- investiture
- knight
- master of ceremonies
- MC
- nuptials
- pageant
- ritual
- salute
- solemnize
- speech day
- state occasion
- the red carpet
- troop
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induction noun (CAUSING)
[ U ] formal the act of causing an event or process to happen:
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Causing things to happen
- -ization
- -ize
- actuation
- agent
- awaken (sth) in sb
- be associated with sth
- beget
- draw
- fuel
- instigate
- instigator
- introduce
- lie
- plant
- produce
- rise
- usher
- usher sth in
- wreak
- wrought
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induction noun (THINKING)
[ U ] specialized social sciences the process of discovering a general principle from a set of facts
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Concluding and deducing
- analysis
- deduce
- deduction
- diagnosis
- exclude
- extrapolate
- gather
- in the last/final analysis idiom
- inductive
- infer
- inference
- must
- perceive
- put
- put sth down to sth
- put two and two together and make five idiom
- reason
- syllogism
- two
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induction noun (ELECTRICITY)
[ U ] specialized physics an occasion when electrical power goes from one object to another without the objects touching:
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Electricity & electronics
- anodize
- anti-static
- chargeable
- charger
- conduction
- destructive interference
- electric
- electric field
- electromagnetic
- electrostatic
- flow
- generation
- ground
- homing
- input
- linesman
- rechargeable
- resistor
- solid-state
- transistorized
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