"inductive" meaning in English

See inductive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɪnˈdʌktɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-inductive.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more inductive [comparative], most inductive [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle French inductif, from Late Latin inductivus. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|inductif}} Middle French inductif, {{der|en|LL.|inductivus}} Late Latin inductivus Head templates: {{en-adj}} inductive (comparative more inductive, superlative most inductive)
  1. (logic) Of, or relating to logical induction. Categories (topical): Logic Translations (logical induction): մակածական (makacakan) (Armenian), ինդուկտիվ (induktiv) (Armenian), индуктивен (induktiven) (Bulgarian), induktiivinen (Finnish), inductif (French), επαγωγικός (epagogikós) (Greek), induksi (Malay), induktif (Malay), inductivo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-inductive-en-adj-~-PTt5MA Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'logical induction': 81 8 1 10
  2. (physics) Of, relating to, or arising from inductance. Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-inductive-en-adj-73Tu9RQW Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  3. introductory or preparatory.
    Sense id: en-inductive-en-adj-Jjngo7dl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 20 38 30
  4. Influencing; tending to induce or cause.
    Sense id: en-inductive-en-adj-u72e2Txd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 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

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