Induction

Induction, Inducible or Inductive may refer to:

Biology and medicine

• Labor induction (birth/pregnancy)
• Induction chemotherapy, in medicine
• Induced stem cells, stem cells derived from somatic, reproductive, pluripotent or other cell types by deliberate epigenetic reprogramming
• Cellular differentiation, the process where a cell changes from one cell type to another
• Enzyme induction and inhibition, a process in which a molecule induces the expression of an enzyme
• Morphogenesis, the biological process that causes an organism to develop its shape
• Regulation of gene expression, the means by which a gene product is either induced or inhibited

Chemistry

• Induction period, the time interval between cause and measurable effect
• Inductive cleavage, in organic chemistry
• Inductive effect, the redistribution of electron density through molecular sigma bonds
• Asymmetric induction, the formation of one specific stereoisomer in the presence of a nearby chiral center

Computing

• Grammar induction, in computing
• Inductive bias, in computing
• Inductive probability, in computing
• Inductive programming, in computing
• Rule induction, in computing
• Word-sense induction, in computing

Mathematics

• Backward induction in game theory and economics
• Induced representation, in representation theory
• Mathematical induction, a method of proof in the field of mathematics
• Parabolic induction, a method of constructing group representations
• Statistical induction, also known as statistical inference
• Strong induction, or complete induction, a variant of mathematical induction
• Structural induction, a generalization of mathematical induction
• Transfinite induction, a kind of mathematical induction
  • Epsilon-induction, a kind of transfinite induction

Philosophy

• Inductive reasoning, in logic, inferences from particular cases to the general case

Physics

• Electromagnetic induction in physics and engineering
• Electrostatic induction in physics and engineering
• Forced induction, with combustion engines

Other uses

• Induction (play), an opening scene in a play
• Induction (teachers), a stage in teacher training
• Inductive reasoning aptitude, an aptitude or personality characteristic
• Collective Induction, in psychology
• Hypnotic induction, process to establish the state required for hypnosis
• Formal admission into a learned society or hall of fame

See also

• Inducement (disambiguation)
• Induce (disambiguation)
• Inductive data type (disambiguation)
• Deduction (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Induction