the action or process of inducting someone to a post or organization

induction into membership of a Masonic brotherhood

the process or action of bringing about or giving rise to something

the induction of malformations by radiation

the inference of a general law from particular instances

the admission that laws of nature cannot be established by induction

the production of an electric or magnetic state by the proximity (without contact) of an electrified or magnetized body

the stage of the working cycle of an internal combustion engine in which the fuel mixture is drawn into the cylinders