induction
induction
nounDefinition of INDUCTION
1
the process or an instance of being formally placed in an office or organization <the formal induction will be tomorrow, but the college president has already started work>
Synonyms baptism, inaugural, inauguration, induction, initiation, installment (also instalment), investiture, investment
2
an opinion arrived at through a process of reasoning <the urbanologist's controversial induction that a thriving bohemian community is vital to a city's economic health>
Related Words decision, deliverance, diagnosis, judgment (or judgement), resolution, ruling, verdict; conjecture, guess, surmise; assumption, presumption, supposition
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