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
A motive for an action or a determination.
That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause.
An excuse: a thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation.
A premise placed after its conclusion.
Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
To support with reasons, as a request.
To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss.
To persuade by reasoning or argument.
To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument.
To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational
To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons.
To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue.