induction

induction

noun

Definition 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

Related Words enlistment, enrollment (also enrolment); promotion

Near Antonyms discharge, removal

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>

Synonyms consequence, deduction, determination, eduction, induction, inference, sequitur

Related Words decision, deliverance, diagnosis, judgment (or judgement), resolution, ruling, verdict; conjecture, guess, surmise; assumption, presumption, supposition