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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
inductive \induct"ive\, a. ll. inductivus: cf. f. inductif.
see induce.
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1. leading or drawing; persuasive; tempting; -- usually
followed by to.
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a brutish vice,
inductive mainly to the sin of eve. --milton.
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2. tending to induce or cause. r.
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they may be . . . inductive of credibility. --sir m.
hale.
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3. leading to inferences; proceeding by, derived from, or
using, induction; as, inductive reasoning.
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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.
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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.
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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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