- 1(technology) using particular facts and examples to form general rules and principles an inductive argument inductive reasoning compare deductive
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- 2(physics) connected with the induction of electricity
adverb a theory derived inductively from the dataSee inductive in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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