Technical Uses
In biology and chemistry:
- Inductive effect, the redistribution of electron density through molecular sigma bonds
- Induction period, the time interval between the initial cause and the appearance of the first measurable effect
- Regulation of gene expression, a process in which a molecule (e.g. a drug) induces (i.e. initiates or enhances) or inhibits the expression of an enzyme
- Induction (birth), induction of childbirth
- Asymmetric induction, the formation of one specific stereoisomer in the presence of a nearby chiral center
- Inductive reasoning aptitude, an aptitude or personality characteristic
- Morphogenesis
- Cellular differentiation
- Enzyme induction and inhibition
In mathematics:
- Mathematical induction, a method of proof in the field of mathematics
- Strong induction, or Complete induction, a variant of mathematical induction
- Transfinite induction, a kind of mathematical induction
- Epsilon-induction, a kind of transfinite induction
- Structural induction, a generalization of mathematical induction
- Statistical induction, also known as statistical inference
- induced representation, in representation theory: an operation for obtaining a representation of an object from one of its subobjects
- Parabolic induction: a method of constructing group representations of a reductive group from representations of its parabolic subgroups
In philosophy, logic, and computer science:
- Inductive reasoning, a form of reasoning often confused with scientific reasoning
- Backward induction in game theory and economics
- Concept learning is the induction of a concept (category) from observations
In physics:
- Electromagnetic induction in physics and engineering
- Induction heating, the process of heating an electrically conducting object
- Induction cooker, which uses induction heating for cooking.
- Electrostatic induction in physics
- Forced induction, with combustion engines, is the use of a gas compressor added to the air intake
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