1. A formal entry into an organization, position or office
   "he was ordered to report for induction into the army";
   - initiation, installation
    
2. Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
   "Scientists use induction when forming hypotheses based on observed data";
   - generalization, generalisation [Brit], inductive reasoning
    
3. An act that sets in motion some course of events
   "The induction of new members began the club's expansion";
   - trigger, initiation
    
4. The act of bringing about something (especially at an early time)
   "the induction of an anaesthetic state"
    
5. Stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors
   "The smell of food was an induction for the dog's salivation";
   - evocation, elicitation
    
6. An electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current
   "The principle of electromagnetic induction is used in transformers and electric generators";
   - inductance

Derived forms: inductions

Type of: causation, ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, ceremony, colligation, creation, debut, electrical phenomenon, entry, first appearance, foundation, founding, initiation, innovation, input, instauration, institution, introduction, launching, observance, origination, stimulant, stimulation, stimulus, unveiling

Encyclopedia: Induction, bounding and least number principles