induction

The act or an instance of inducting.

A ceremony or formal act by which a person is inducted, as into office or military service.

The generation of electromotive force in a closed circuit by a varying magnetic flux through the circuit.

The charging of an isolated conducting object by momentarily grounding it while a charged body is nearby.

The process of deriving general principles from particular facts or instances.

A conclusion reached by this process.

A two-part method of proving a theorem involving an integral parameter. First the theorem is verified for the smallest admissible value of the integer. Then it is proven that if the theorem is true for any value of the integer, it is true for the next greater value. The final proof contains the two parts.