Induction or inductive may refer to:

Biology and medicine

  • Labor induction (of birth)
  • Induction chemotherapy, in medicine
  • Enzyme induction and inhibition
  • General anaesthesia

Chemistry

  • Induction period, slow stage of a reaction
  • Inductive cleavage, in organic chemistry
  • Inductive effect, change in electron density
  • Asymmetric induction, preferring one stereoisomer over another

Computing

  • Grammar induction
  • Inductive bias
  • Inductive probability
  • Inductive programming
  • Rule induction
  • Word-sense induction

Mathematics

  • Backward induction in game theory and economics
  • Induced representation, in representation theory
  • Mathematical induction, a method of proof
  • Strong induction
  • Structural induction
  • Transfinite induction
  • Epsilon-induction
  • Parabolic induction

Philosophy

  • Inductive reasoning, in logic

Physics

  • Electromagnetic induction
  • Electrostatic induction
  • Forced induction, or turbocharging, of an engine

Other uses

  • Induction (play), an opening scene
  • Induction (teachers), support of novice teachers
  • Inductive reasoning aptitude
  • Collective Induction, in psychology
  • Hypnotic induction, causing hypnosis
  • "Induction", a song by Broken Spindles from Fulfilled/complete
  • "Induction" (short story), a short story by Greg Egan
  • "Induction" (Industry), a 2020 television episode

See also

  • Inducement (disambiguation)
  • Induce (disambiguation)
  • Inductive data type (disambiguation)
  • Deduction (disambiguation)