Induction may refer to:
Philosophy
- Inductive reasoning, in logic, inferences from particular cases to the general case
Biology and chemistry
- Labor induction (birth/pregnancy)
- Induction chemotherapy, in medicine
- Induction period, the time interval between cause and measurable effect
- Inductive cleavage, in organic chemistry
- Inductive effect, the redistribution of electron density through molecular sigma bonds
- Induced stem cells, stem cells derived from somatic, reproductive, pluripotent or other cell types by deliberate epigenetic reprogramming
- Asymmetric induction, the formation of one specific stereoisomer in the presence of a nearby chiral center
- Cellular differentiation, the process where a cell changes from one cell type to another
- Enzyme induction and inhibition, a process in which a molecule induces the expression of an enzyme
- Morphogenesis, the biological process that causes an organism to develop its shape
- Regulation of gene expression, the means by which a gene product is either induced or inhibited
Computing and mathematics
- Backward induction in game theory and economics
- Epsilon-induction, a kind of transfinite induction
- Grammar induction, in computing
- Induced representation, in representation theory
- Inductive bias, in computing
- Inductive probability, in computing
- Inductive programming, in computing
- Inductive set, in mathematics
- Mathematical induction, a method of proof in the field of mathematics
- Parabolic induction, a method of constructing group representations
- Rule induction, in computing
- Statistical induction, also known as statistical inference
- Strong induction, or complete induction, a variant of mathematical induction
- Structural induction, a generalization of mathematical induction
- Transfinite induction, a kind of mathematical induction
- Word-sense induction, in computing
Physics
- Electromagnetic induction in physics and engineering
- Electrostatic induction in physics and engineering
- Forced induction, with combustion engines
- Induction cooker, which uses induction heating for cooking
- Induction equation, in physics
- Induction generator, in electricity
- Induction heating, the process of heating an electrically conducting object
- Induction plasma, in physics
- Induction regulator, in electricity
- Induction shrink fitting, in electricity
- Inductive amplifier, in electronics
- Inductive coupling, in electricity
- Inductive pump, in engineering
- Inductive sensor, in electronics
Other uses
- Induction (play), an opening scene in a play
- Induction (teachers), a stage in teacher training
- Induction cut, a haircut
- Induction day, U.S. Naval Academy
- Induction programme, in business
- Induction training, in business
- Inductive reasoning aptitude, an aptitude or personality characteristic
- Collective Induction, in psychology
- Price Induction, a French company that manufactures turbofan engines
- Hypnotic induction, process to establish the state required for hypnosis
- Formal admission into a learned society or hall of fame
See also
- Inducement (disambiguation)
- Induce (disambiguation)
- Inductive data type (disambiguation)
- All pages with titles beginning with Induction