inductio

Latin

Etymology

From indūcō (“I lead”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /inˈduk.ti.oː/, [ɪn̪ˈd̪ʊkt̪ioː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈduk.t͡si.o/, [in̪ˈd̪ukt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

inductiō f (genitive inductiōnis); third declension

1. introduction, admission
2. (physics, logic) induction

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	inductiō	inductiōnēs
Genitive	inductiōnis	inductiōnum
Dative	inductiōnī	inductiōnibus
Accusative	inductiōnem	inductiōnēs
Ablative	inductiōne	inductiōnibus
Vocative	inductiō	inductiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: inducció
• English: induction
• French: induction
• Italian: induzione
• Portuguese: indução
• Romanian: inducție
• Russian: индукция (indukcija)
• Spanish: inducción

References

• “inductio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “inductio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• inductio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• inductio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette