induction vs prelude

induction

noun
  • An act of inducing. 

  • Derivation of general principles from specific instances. 

  • 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. 

  • An act of inducting. 

  • The process of inducing the birth process. 

  • The delivery of air to the cylinders of an internal combustion piston engine. 

  • Generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field. 

  • A formal ceremony in which a person is appointed to an office or into military service. 

  • The process of showing a newcomer around a place where they will work or study. 

  • 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. 

  • Given a group of cells that emits or displays a substance, the influence of this substance on the fate of a second group of cells 

prelude

noun
  • An introductory or preliminary performance or event. 

  • A forerunner to anything. 

  • A standard module or library of subroutines and functions to be imported, generally by default, into a program. 

  • A short, free-form piece of music, originally one serving as an introduction to a longer and more complex piece; later, starting with the Romantic period, generally a stand-alone piece. 

verb
  • To play an introduction or prelude; to give a prefatory performance. 

  • To introduce something, as a prelude. 

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