'Inductive' definitions:
Definition of 'inductive'
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Definition of 'Inductive'
From: GCIDE
- Inductive \In*duct"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]
Synonyms of 'inductive'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a fortiori,
- a posteriori,
- a priori,
- analytic,
- Baconian,
- categorical,
- conditional,
- deductive,
- dialectic,
- discursive,
- enthymematic,
- epagogic,
- hypothetical,
- inferential,
- introductory,
- maieutic,
- prefatory,
- prelim,
- preludial,
- prelusive,
- preparative,
- preparatory,
- proemial,
- soritical,
- syllogistic,
- synthetic
Words containing 'Inductive'
- Induct,
- Inductance,
- Inducted,
- Inducteous,
- Inducting,
- Induction,
- Inductional,
- Inductively,
- Inductance coil,
- Induction coil,
- Induction generator,
- Induction motor,
- Induction pipe,
- Induction port,
- Induction valve,
- Inductive embarrassment,
- Inductive method,
- Inductive philosophy,
- Inductive sciences,
- Logical induction,
- Magnetic induction,
- Philosophical induction,
- Successive induction,
- Unipolar induction,
- inductance unit,
- induction accelerator,
- induction heating,
- induction of labor,
- inductive reasoning,
- mutual inductance,
- mutual induction,
- Self-induction,
- Specific inductive capacity,
- coefficient of mutual induction,
- coefficient of self induction,
- neon induction lamp,
- self-inductance,
- unipolar induction action,
- Electro-dynamic induction,
- Electro-magnetic induction,
- Electro-static induction,
- Magneto-electric induction