inductive
    adj 1: arising from inductance; "inductive reactance"
    2: of reasoning; proceeding from particular facts to a general
       conclusion; "inductive reasoning" [ant: deductive]
    3: inducing or influencing; leading on; "inductive to the sin of
       Eve"- John Milton [syn: inductive, inducive]

Inductive \In*duct"ive\, a. [LL. inductivus: cf. F. inductif.
   See Induce.]
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   1. Leading or drawing; persuasive; tempting; -- usually
      followed by to.
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            A brutish vice,
            Inductive mainly to the sin of Eve.   --Milton.
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   2. Tending to induce or cause. [R.]
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            They may be . . . inductive of credibility. --Sir M.
                                                  Hale.
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   3. Leading to inferences; proceeding by, derived from, or
      using, induction; as, inductive reasoning.
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   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.
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   Inductive embarrassment (Physics), the retardation in
      signaling on an electric wire, produced by lateral
      induction.

   Inductive philosophy or Inductive method. See
      Philosophical induction, under Induction.

   Inductive sciences, those sciences which admit of, and
      employ, the inductive method, as astronomy, botany,
      chemistry, etc.
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