Induction

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)
• All pages with titles beginning with Induction

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