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INDUCTIVE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inducing or influencing; leading on

Example:

inductive to the sin of Eve

Synonyms:

inducive; inductive

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

causative (producing an effect)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of reasoning; proceeding from particular facts to a general conclusion

Example:

inductive reasoning

Classified under:

Adjectives

Also:

synthetic; synthetical (of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts)

a posteriori (involving reasoning from facts or particulars to general principles or from effects to causes)

Domain category:

logic (the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference)

Antonym:

deductive (involving inferences from general principles)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Arising from inductance

Example:

inductive reactance

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Domain category:

electricity (a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons)

Pertainym:

inductance (an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current)

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