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Capacity for induction; the coefficient of self-induction.

Rendered electro-polar by induction, or brought into the opposite electrical state by the influence of inductive bodies.

Leading to inferences; proceeding by, derived from, or using, induction; as, inductive reasoning.

By induction or inference.

An instrument for measuring or ascertaining the degree or rate of electrical induction.

An induction coil.

Acting by, or in a state of, induction; relating to electrical induction.

To derive by deduction or by induction; to conclude or surmise from facts or premises; to accept or derive, as a consequence, conclusion, or probability; to imply; as, I inferred his determination from his silence. To infer is nothing but by virtue of one proposition laid down as true, to draw in another as true. Locke…

The act or process of inferring by deduction or induction. Though it may chance to be right in the conclusions, it is yet unjust and mistaken in the method of inference. Glanvill.

Induction.

ism, so called; as, a magnetic sleep. See Magnetism. Magnetic amplitude, attraction, dip, induction, etc. See under Amplitude, Attraction, etc. -- Magnetic battery, a combination of bar or horseshoe magnets with the like poles adjacent, so as to act together with great power. -- Magnetic compensator, a contrivance co…

ining to, or characterized by, electricity by the action of magnets; as, magneto-electric induction. Magneto-electric machine, a form of dynamo-electric machine in which the field is maintained by permanent steel magnets instead of electro-magnets.

In an internal-combustion engine with two or more cylinders, an induction coil and vibrator placed in the circuit between the battery or magneto and the coils for the different cylinders, which are used without vibrators of their own.

permeable. Magnetic permeability (Physics), the specific capacity of a body for magnetic induction, or its conducting power for lines of magnetic force. Sir W. Thomson.

s split into two or more currents differing in phase. It is used in starting single-phase induction motors.

A canonical term for regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.

al faculty; to deduce inferences from premises; to perform the process of deduction or of induction; to ratiocinate; to reach conclusions by a systematic comparison of facts.

See Induction coil, under Induction.

sophy. The spirit of the old scholasticism . . . spurned laborious investigation and slow induction. J. P. Smith.

circuit, Secondary coil (Elec.), a circuit or coil in which a current is produced by the induction of a current in a neighboring circuit or coil called the primary circuit or coil. -- Secondary color, a color formed by mixing any two primary colors in equal proportions. -- Secondary coverts (Zoöl.), the longer cover…