Induction or inductive may refer to:
Biology and medicineEdit
- Labor induction (of birth)
- Induction chemotherapy, in medicine
- Enzyme induction and inhibition
- General anaesthesia
ChemistryEdit
- Induction period, slow stage of a reaction
- Inductive cleavage, in organic chemistry
- Inductive effect, change in electron density
- Asymmetric induction, preferring one stereoisomer over another
ComputingEdit
- Grammar induction
- Inductive bias
- Inductive probability
- Inductive programming
- Rule induction
- Word-sense induction
MathematicsEdit
- Backward induction in game theory and economics
- Induced representation, in representation theory
- Mathematical induction, a method of proof
- Parabolic induction
PhilosophyEdit
- Inductive reasoning, in logic
PhysicsEdit
- Electromagnetic induction
- Electrostatic induction
- Forced induction, or turbocharging, of an engine
Other usesEdit
- Induction (play), an opening scene
- Induction (teachers), support of novice teachers
- Inductive reasoning aptitude
- Collective Induction, in psychology
- Hypnotic induction, causing hypnosis
- "Induction", a song by Broken Spindles from Fulfilled/complete
- "Induction" (short story), a short story by Greg Egan