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noun (n)

• a formal entry into an organization or position or office(noun.event)

  Example:
  He was ordered to report for induction into the army.
  

  Synonym:
  initiation, installation
  

  source: wordnet30
• an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current(noun.phenomenon)

  Synonym:
  inductance
  

  source: wordnet30
• reasoning from detailed facts to general principles(noun.cognition)

  Synonym:
  generalisation, generalization, inductive reasoning
  

  source: wordnet30
• stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors(noun.cognition)

  Synonym:
  elicitation, evocation
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act of bringing about something (especially at an early time)(noun.act)

  Example:
  The induction of an anesthetic state.
  

  source: wordnet30
• an act that sets in motion some course of events(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  initiation, trigger
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act or process of inducting or bringing in; introduction; entrance; beginning; commencement.(noun)

  source: webster1913