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- Dictionaryinduction/ɪnˈdʌkʃn/
noun
- 1. the action or process of inducting someone to a post or organization: "induction into membership of a Masonic brotherhood"
- 2. the process or action of bringing about or giving rise to something: "the induction of malformations by radiation"
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The meaning of INDUCTION is the act or process of inducting (as into office). How to use induction in a sentence.
INDUCTION definition: 1. an occasion when someone is formally introduced into a new job or organization, especially…. Learn more.
noun. a process of reasoning, used esp in science, by which a general conclusion is drawn from a set of premises, based mainly on experience or experimental evidence. The conclusion goes beyond the information contained in the premises, and does not follow necessarily from them.
Induction is a procedure or ceremony for introducing someone to a new job, organization, or way of life.
[uncountable, countable] induction (into something) the process of introducing somebody to a new job, skill, organization, etc.; a ceremony at which this takes place. induction into the local business community; The induction of new students will take place in the main hall.
The act or process of inducing or bringing about, as: a. Medicine The inducing of labor, whereby labor is initiated artificially with drugs such as oxytocin. b. Medicine The administration of anesthetic agents and the establishment of a depth of anesthesia adequate for surgery.
Induction is something that begins a process or a series of events. In college, you rush a fraternity, become a pledge, and then receive a pin at the induction ceremony. The word has a meaning in an electrical context as well. When two wires touch each other, they conduct electricity.
induction. noun. /ɪnˈdʌkʃn/. [uncountable, countable] induction (into something) the process of introducing someone to a new job, skill, organization, etc.; a ceremony at which this takes place An induction ceremony was held for the new National Guard recruits.
the process of officially accepting someone into a new job or an organization: a two-week induction course. (Definition of induction from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
INDUCTION meaning: 1 : the formal act or process of placing someone into a new job, position, government office, etc.; 2 : the formal act of making someone a member of the military.