inductive

English

Etymology

From Middle French inductif, from Late Latin inductivus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈdʌktɪv/

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• Rhymes: -ʌktɪv

Adjective

inductive (comparative more inductive, superlative most inductive)

1. (logic) Of, or relating to logical induction, by generalizing a universal claim or principle from the observed particular instances.
2. (physics) Of, relating to, or arising from inductance. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. Introductory or preparatory. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
4. Influencing; tending to induce or cause.
   • 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

     A brutish vice, / Inductive mainly to the sin of Eve.

   • a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677, →OCLC:

     They may be […] inductive of credibility.

Derived terms

• adipoinductive
• angioinductive
• autoinductive
• chondroinductive
• coinductive
• fibrochondroinductive
• hyperinductive
• hypnoinductive
• inductive bias
• inductive circuit
• inductive coupling
• inductive definition
• inductive dimension
• inductive effect
• inductive embarrassment
• inductive hypothesis
• inductive inference
• inductive logic programming
• inductively
• inductive motors
• inductiveness
• inductive output tube
• inductive reactance
• inductive reasoning
• inductive set
• inductive statistics
• inductive voltage divider
• inductivism
• inductivist
• inductivistic
• inductivity
• meta-inductive
• myoinductive
• neuroinductive
• noninductive
• osteoinductive
• photoinductive
• uninductive

Translations

logical induction

• Armenian: մակածական (hy) (makacakan), ինդուկտիվ (hy) (induktiv)
• Bulgarian: индуктивен (bg) (induktiven)
• Finnish: induktiivinen (fi)
• French: inductif (fr)
• Greek: επαγωγικός (el) (epagogikós)
• Latin: inductīvus
• Malay: induksi, induktif
• Russian: индукти́вный (ru) (induktívnyj)
• Spanish: inductivo (es)

References

• “inductive”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “inductive”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.dyk.tiv/

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Adjective

inductive

1. feminine singular of inductif

Latin

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *dewk-

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *déwkti

Proto-Italic *doukō

Latin dūcō

Latin indūcō

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvus

Latin inductīvus

Latin -ē

Latin inductīvē

From inductīvus + -ē.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪn.dʊkˈtiː.weː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [in.dukˈtiː.ve]

Adverb

inductīvē (not comparable)

1. by yielding

Etymology 2

Adjective

inductīve

1. vocative masculine singular of inductīvus

References

• “inductive”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.