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2 definitions found 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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