inductive
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French inductif, from Late Latin inductivus.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
inductive (comparative more inductive, superlative most inductive)
- (logic) Of, or relating to logical induction. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (physics) Of, relating to, or arising from inductance. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- introductory or preparatory. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- Influencing; tending to induce or cause.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
- A brutish vice, / Inductive mainly to the sin of Eve.
- a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677, →OCLC:
- They may be […] inductive of credibility.
Derived terms edit
- adipoinductive
- angioinductive
- autoinductive
- chondroinductive
- coinductive
- fibrochondroinductive
- hyperinductive
- hypnoinductive
- inductive bias
- inductive circuit
- inductive coupling
- inductive definition
- inductive dimension
- inductive effect
- inductive embarrassment
- inductive inference
- inductive logic programming
- inductively
- inductive motors
- inductiveness
- inductive output tube
- inductive reactance
- inductive reasoning
- inductive set
- inductive statistics
- inductive voltage divider
- inductivism
- inductivist
- inductivistic
- inductivity
- meta-inductive
- myoinductive
- neuroinductive
- noninductive
- osteoinductive
- photoinductive
- uninductive
Translations edit
logical induction
References edit
- “inductive”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “inductive”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
inductive
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
From inductīvus + -ē.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /in.dukˈtiː.u̯eː/, [ɪn̪d̪ʊkˈt̪iːu̯eː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /in.dukˈti.ve/, [in̪d̪ukˈt̪iːve]
Adverb edit
inductīvē (not comparable)
- by yielding
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
inductīve
References edit
- inductive in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.