induction
7
6.8
- noun
- /ɪnˈdʌkʃən/
- Formal
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inducción
- Since the training focuses on induction, reasoning, critical thinking, and innovation, students emphasize logical thinking and problem solving.
- mathematical induction
- proof by induction
- induction and deduction
Like did Hume, you know, fully treat the problem of induction.
- Like did Hume, you know, fully treat the problem of induction.
- And there is another scary magic word for mathematics which is called induction.
- And that's the point I was coming to when we're looking at grammar induction.
- I mean, the pessimistic meta induction is an important argument for the scientific anti realist.
- In these situations, a least square Monte Carlo method with a backward induction approach is used.
- So that's what logical induction does.
- Can you explicitly try to describe the universal distribution and how some of induction plays a role here?
- Well, rather awkwardly, we're not really able to do so without further reference to past induction.
Examples
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The scientist used induction to develop a general theory based on her specific observations of animal behavior.
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Thankfully, many states have developed sophisticated induction programs to support teachers in their first and second years of teaching.
Academic text (2001) -
You prove it by induction, by mathematical induction.
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To do for this one is prove by induction that this sum formula is going to work for every single term that we're going to have.
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Our method of proof is mathematical induction. The recursion takes place on the order n of A.
Academic text (2000) -
At the same time, the problem of induction has not perceptibly slowed the progress of mathematics and science.
Academic text (2001) -
It was in the course of my studies on induction, I came across the work of Frank Ramsey on probability.
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Through careful induction, he was able to derive the universal law of motion from various experiments.
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The teacher explained the concept of induction by demonstrating how small cases lead to a broader conclusion.
Synonyms
2
5.5
Seeing the same pattern in many examples helps form a general rule
1
6.2
To form a general idea from many small facts
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A number showing how much a changing current in one coil makes a voltage in another coil
- Specialized
A number showing how strongly a coil creates voltage when the electric current changes
- Specialized
A way to show a statement true for every natural number by checking the first case and the next case
- Specialized
A machine that makes a steady beam of electrons go faster using electric fields from changing magnets
- Specialized
To heat metal by making electric currents inside it using magnetic fields
- Specialized
A machine that uses changing electric current and magnets to turn and drive equipment
- Specialized
A change in current in one circuit causes a current in a nearby circuit
- Specialized
A neon tube light that uses very fast electric currents around the tube instead of wires
How General
- US
43
5.3
∞
3.2
- Formal
7
6.8
∞
2.3
∞
1.0
- Specialized
57
3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Induction comes from the Latin in- 'into' and ducere 'to lead', in the idea of 'leading into' a general view. So in thinking, induction means moving from several small facts into a larger rule or idea.