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Webster 1913 Edition
Inductive
1.
Leading or drawing; persuasive; tempting; – usually followed by to.
A brutish vice,
Inductive
mainly to the sin of Eve. Milton.
2.
Tending to induce or cause.
[R.]
They may be . . .
inductive
of credibility. Sir M. Hale.
3.
Leading to inferences; proceeding by, derived from, or using, induction;
as,
. inductive
reasoning4.
(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
capacityInductive 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Inductive
INDUCT'IVE
,Adj.
A brutish vice,
Inductive mainly to the sin of Eve.
1.
Tending to induce or cause. They may be inductive of credibility. [Unusual.]
2.
Leading to inferences; proceeding by induction; employed in drawing conclusions from promises; as inductive reasoning.