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1. Inducing or influencing; leading on
   "inductive to the sin of Eve";
   - inducive
    
2. (electricity) arising from inductance
   "inductive reactance"
    
3. (logic) of reasoning; proceeding from particular facts to a general conclusion
   "inductive reasoning"

See also: a posteriori, causative, synthetic, synthetical

Antonym: deductive

Encyclopedia: Inductive