1 [U,C] ~ (into sth) the process of introducing sb to a new job, skill, organization, etc.; a ceremony at which this takes place:
induction into the local business community * The induction of new students will take place in the main hall.
2 [U,C] the act of making a pregnant woman start to give birth, using artificial means such as a special drug:
the induction of labour
3 [U] (technical) a method of discovering general rules and principles from particular facts and examples
compareDEDUCTION
4 [U] (technical) the process by which electricity or MAGNETISM passes from one object to another without them touching
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