Induction

Induction may refer to:

Biology and chemistry

Induction (birth)
Induction chemotherapy, in medicine
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
Induced stem cells, stem cells derived from somatic, reproductive, pluripotent or other cell types by deliberate epigenetic reprogramming
Asymmetric induction, the formation of one specific stereoisomer in the presence of a nearby chiral center
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

Backward induction in game theory and economics
Epsilon-induction, a kind of transfinite induction
Grammar induction, in computing
Induced representation, in representation theory
Inductive bias, in computing
Inductive probability, in computing
Inductive programming, in computing
Inductive reasoning, in logic, inferences from particular cases to the general case
Inductive set, in mathematics
Mathematical induction, a method of proof in the field of mathematics
Parabolic induction, a method of constructing group representations
Rule induction, in computing
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
Word-sense induction, in computing