inductive

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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26 Moby Thesaurus words for "inductive":
      Baconian, a fortiori, a posteriori, a priori, analytic,
      categorical, conditional, deductive, dialectic, discursive,
      enthymematic, epagogic, hypothetical, inferential, introductory,
      maieutic, prefatory, prelim, preludial, prelusive, preparative,
      preparatory, proemial, soritical, syllogistic, synthetic