Induction

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
• Teacher induction, 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

See also

• Inducement (disambiguation)
• Induce (disambiguation)
• Inductive data type (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Induction