Induction or inductive may refer to:

Biology and medicine

* Labor induction (of birth) * Induction chemotherapy, in medicine * Enzyme induction and inhibition *

General anaesthesia General anaesthesia (UK) or general anesthesia (US) is medically induced loss of consciousness that renders a patient unarousable even by painful stimuli. It is achieved through medications, which can be injected or inhaled, often with an analges ...

Chemistry

* 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

Computing

* Grammar induction * Inductive bias *

Inductive probability Inductive probability attempts to give the probability of future events based on past events. It is the basis for inductive reasoning Inductive reasoning refers to a variety of method of reasoning, methods of reasoning in which the conclusion o ...

* Inductive programming * Rule induction * Word-sense induction

Mathematics

Backward induction Backward induction is the process of determining a sequence of optimal choices by reasoning from the endpoint of a problem or situation back to its beginning using individual events or actions. Backward induction involves examining the final point ...

in game theory and economics *

Induced representation In group theory, the induced representation is a group representation, representation of a group, , which is constructed using a known representation of a subgroup . Given a representation of '','' the induced representation is, in a sense, the "m ...

, in representation theory *

Mathematical induction Mathematical induction is a method for mathematical proof, proving that a statement P(n) is true for every natural number n, that is, that the infinitely many cases P(0), P(1), P(2), P(3), \dots all hold. This is done by first proving a ...

, a method of proof ** Strong induction ** Structural induction **

Transfinite induction Transfinite induction is an extension of mathematical induction to well-ordered sets, for example to sets of ordinal numbers or cardinal numbers. Its correctness is a theorem of ZFC. Induction by cases Let P(\alpha) be a property defined for a ...

*** Epsilon-induction * Parabolic induction

Philosophy

Inductive reasoning Inductive reasoning refers to a variety of method of reasoning, methods of reasoning in which the conclusion of an argument is supported not with deductive certainty, but with some degree of probability. Unlike Deductive reasoning, ''deductive'' ...

, in logic

Physics

Electromagnetic induction Electromagnetic or magnetic induction is the production of an electromotive force, electromotive force (emf) across an electrical conductor in a changing magnetic field. Michael Faraday is generally credited with the discovery of induction in 1 ...

Electrostatic induction Electrostatic induction, also known as "electrostatic influence" or simply "influence" in Europe and Latin America, is a redistribution of electric charge in an object that is caused by the influence of nearby charges. In the presence of a charg ...

* Forced induction, or turbocharging, of an engine

Other uses

* 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