- relating to, involving, or operated by electrical or magnetic induction: an inductive reactance
- of, relating to, or using induction: inductive reasoning
- serving to induce or cause
- a rare word for introductory
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in•duc•tive /ɪnˈdʌktɪv/USA pronunciation
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Electricityof or relating to electrical or magnetic induction.
- Philosophyof, relating to, or employing logical induction:inductive reasoning.
in•duc•tive
(in duk′tiv),USA pronunciation adj.
in•duc′tive•ly, adv.
in•duc′tive•ness, n.
- Electricityof, pertaining to, or involving electrical or magnetic induction.
- operating by induction:an inductive machine.
- Philosophyof, pertaining to, or employing logical induction:inductive reasoning.
- Developmental Biology[Embryol.]eliciting the action of an embryonic inducer.
- serving to induce;
leading or influencing (usually fol. by to). - introductory.
- Late Latin inductīvus. See induct, -ive
- 1600–10
in•duc′tive•ness, n.
- 3. See deductive.
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