Inductive

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Inductive \In*duct"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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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