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What's The Definition Of Inductive?
[adj] inducing or influencing; leading on; "inductive to the sin of Eve"- John Milton
[adj] (logic) of reasoning; proceeding from particular facts to a general conclusion; "inductive reasoning" [adj] (electricity) arising from inductance; "inductive reactance" [adj] relating to logical induction; "inductive thinking" Synonyms | Synonyms for Inductive: causative | inducive Related Terms | Find terms related to Inductive: 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 See Also | a posteriori | synthetic | synthetical Inductive In Webster's Dictionary \In*duct"ive\, a. [LL. inductivus: cf. F. inductif.
See {Induce}.]
1. Leading or drawing; persuasive; tempting; -- usually
followed by to.
A brutish vice, Inductive mainly to the sin of Eve.
--Milton.
2. Tending to induce or cause. [R.]
They may be . . . inductive of credibility. --Sir M.
Hale.
3. Leading to inferences; proceeding by, derived from, or
using, induction; as, inductive reasoning.
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.
{Inductive embarrassment} (Physics), the retardation in
signaling on an electric wire, produced by lateral
induction.
{Inductive} {philosophy or 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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