Induction

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Template:Wiktionary The term induction has more than one meaning in the English language. Please see:

Inductive reasoning in the fields of philosophy and logic, and used in science and the scientific method.
Mathematical induction is a method of proof in the field of mathematics.
- Strong induction, or Complete induction, is a variant of mathematical induction.
- Transfinite induction is a kind of mathematical induction.
  - ∈-induction is a kind of transfinite induction.
- Structural induction is a generalization of mathematical induction.
- Statistical induction is the same as inferential statistics.
Inductive reasoning aptitude.
Induction heating.
Electromagnetic induction in physics and engineering
- radio frequency induction
- Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect.
Electrostatic induction.
Induction of childbirth, see Induction (birth)
Induction period related to the Atkins Nutritional Approach
Backward induction in game theory and economics.
Induction can refer to an initiation rite, at times in the form of hazing.
Rhetorical induction.
In enzymology and molecular biology, the mechanism of appearance of a gene product; see Regulation of gene expression.
The act of inducing a hypnotic state in a subject is called an induction, as is a standard method of doing so (eg: the "eye fiaxation" induction).