induction
noun
[ ɪnˈdʌkʃ(ə)n ]
• the action or process of inducting someone to a post or organization.
• "induction into membership of a Masonic brotherhood"
• the process or action of bringing about or giving rise to something.
• "the induction of malformations by radiation"
• the inference of a general law from particular instances.
• "the admission that laws of nature cannot be established by induction"
• the production of an electric or magnetic state by the proximity (without contact) of an electrified or magnetized body.
• the stage of the working cycle of an internal combustion engine in which the fuel mixture is drawn into the cylinders.
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin inductio(n- ), from the verb inducere ‘lead into’ (see induce).
