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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inductive \In*duct"ive\, a. [LL. inductivus: cf F. inductif
See {Induce}.]
1. Leading or drawing; persuasive; tempting; -- usually
followed by to
A brutish vice, Inductive mainly to the sin of Eve.
--Milton.
2. Tending to induce or cause [R.]
They may be . . . inductive of credibility. --Sir M.
Hale.
3. Leading to inferences; proceeding by derived from or
using, induction; as inductive reasoning.
4. (Physics)
a Operating by induction; as an inductive electrical
machine.
b Facilitating induction; susceptible of being acted
upon by induction; as certain substances have a great
inductive capacity.
{Inductive embarrassment} (Physics), the retardation in
signaling on an electric wire, produced by lateral
induction.
{Inductive} {philosophy or method}. See {Philosophical
induction}, under {Induction}.
{Inductive sciences}, those sciences which admit of and
employ, the inductive method, as astronomy, botany,
chemistry, etc
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
inductive
adj 1: relating to logical induction; "inductive thinking"
2: (electricity) arising from inductance; "inductive reactance"
3: (logic) of reasoning; proceeding from particular facts to a
general conclusion; "inductive reasoning" [ant: {deductive}]
4: inducing or influencing; leading on "inductive to the sin
of Eve"- John Milton [syn: {inducive}]
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