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Found 3 hits - Term: inductive, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
inductive \induct"ive\, a. ll. inductivus: cf. f. inductif.
   see induce.
   1913 webster
   1. leading or drawing; persuasive; tempting; -- usually
      followed by to.
      1913 webster

            a brutish vice,
            inductive mainly to the sin of eve.   --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. tending to induce or cause. r.
      1913 webster

            they may be . . . inductive of credibility. --sir m.
                                                  hale.
      1913 webster

   3. leading to inferences; proceeding by, derived from, or
      using, induction; as, inductive reasoning.
      1913 webster

   4. physics
      a operating by induction; as, an inductive electrical
          machine.
      b facilitating induction; susceptible of being acted
          upon by induction; as, certain substances have a great
          inductive capacity.
          1913 webster

   inductive embarrassment physics, the retardation in
      signaling on an electric wire, produced by lateral
      induction.

   inductive philosophy or inductive method. see
      philosophical induction, under induction.

   inductive sciences, those sciences which admit of, and
      employ, the inductive method, as astronomy, botany,
      chemistry, etc.
      1913 webster
see also:
induce inductive embarrassment inductive philosophy inductive method philosophical induction induction 
inductive sciences 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
inductive
     adj 1: relating to logical induction; "inductive thinking"
     2: arising from inductance; "inductive reactance"
     3: of reasoning; proceeding from particular facts to a general
        conclusion; "inductive reasoning" ant: deductive
     4: inducing or influencing; leading on; "inductive to the sin
        of eve"- john milton syn: inducive
see also:
deductive inducive 
[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
26 moby thesaurus words for "inductive":
   baconian, a fortiori, a posteriori, a priori, analytic,
   categorical, conditional, deductive, dialectic, discursive,
   enthymematic, epagogic, hypothetical, inferential, introductory,
   maieutic, prefatory, prelim, preludial, prelusive, preparative,
   preparatory, proemial, soritical, syllogistic, synthetic





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