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What does induction mean?

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Noun
  1. An act of inducting.
    1. A formal ceremony in which a person is appointed to an office or into military service.
    2. The process of showing a newcomer around a place where they will work or study.
  2. An act of inducing.
    1. (physics) Generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field.
    2. (logic) Derivation of general principles from specific instances.
    3. (mathematics) A method of proof of a theorem by first proving it for a specific case (often an integer; usually 0 or 1) and showing that, if it is true for one case then it must be true for the next.
    4. (theater) Use of rumors to twist and complicate the plot of a play or to narrate in a way that does not have to state truth nor fact within the play.
    5. (biology) In developmental biology, the development of a feature from part of a formerly homogenous field of cells in response to a morphogen whose source determines the feature's position and extent.
  3. (medicine) The process of inducing the birth process.
  4. (obsolete) An introduction.
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I was standing next to the patient during induction, held his hand, and he went off to sleep.
Nasal lavage and sputum induction were performed and processed as reported earlier.
During induction and the preparatory phase, radiant heat lamps are used to maintain the neonate's temperature and prevent chilling.
Along with its regular induction, the Songwriters Hall of Fame also doles out a few special prizes.
An existing in-house induction programme was adapted for the company's overseas staff.
These effects include the induction of chromosomal aberrations and sister chromatid exchange.

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