Induction

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Induction may refer to:

• Induction (play), an opening scene in a play, notably used in early English plays
• Rite of passage
  • Orientation week, an induction program for new students at Universities
  • Teacher induction, the support and guidance provided to novice educators in the early stages of their careers
  • Induction (teachers), the period of one year following qualification as a teacher in the United Kingdom

In physics:

• Electromagnetic induction in physics and engineering
• Electrostatic induction in physics
• Forced induction, with combustion engines, is the use of a gas compressor added to the air intake

In philosophy, logic, and computer science:

• Inductive reasoning, used in science and the scientific method
• Backward induction in game theory and economics
• Concept learning is the induction of a concept (category) from observations

In mathematics:

• Mathematical induction, a method of proof in the field of mathematics
  • Strong induction, or Complete induction, a variant of mathematical induction
  • Transfinite induction, a kind of mathematical induction
  • Epsilon-induction, a kind of transfinite induction
• Structural induction, a generalization of mathematical induction
• 'Statistical induction', also known as statistical inference
• Induction in representation theory (see induced representation), an operation for obtaining a representation of an object from one of a subobject

In biology and chemistry:

• Inductive effect is the redistribution of electron density through molecular sigma bonds
• Induction (biology) is the initiation or cause of a change or process in developmental biology
• Induction period - the time interval between the initial cause and the appearance of the first measurable effect
• Regulation of gene expression, a process in which a molecule (e.g. a drug) induces (i.e. initiates or enhances) or inhibits the expression of an enzyme
• Induction (birth), induction of childbirth
• asymmetric induction is the formation of one specific stereoisomer in the presence of a nearby chiral center
• Inductive reasoning aptitude, an aptitude or personality characteristic
• Carcinogenesis

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