Induction or inductive may refer to:

Biology and medicine Labor induction (of birth) Induction chemotherapy, in medicine Enzyme induction and inhibition General anaesthesia

Chemistry Induction period, slow stage of a reaction Inductive cleavage, in organic chemistry Inductive effect, change in electron density Asymmetric induction, preferring one stereoisomer over another

Computing

Grammar induction Inductive bias Inductive probability Inductive programming Rule induction Word-sense induction

Mathematics Backward induction in game theory and economics Induced representation, in representation theory Mathematical induction, a method of proof Strong induction Structural induction Transfinite induction Epsilon-induction Parabolic induction

Philosophy Inductive reasoning, in logic

Physics Electromagnetic induction Electrostatic induction Forced induction, or turbocharging, of an engine

Other uses Induction (play), an opening scene Induction (teachers), support of novice teachers Inductive reasoning aptitude Collective Induction, in psychology Hypnotic induction, causing hypnosis "Induction", a song by Broken Spindles from Fulfilled/complete "Induction" (short story), a short story by Greg Egan "Induction" (Industry), a 2020 television episode

See also Inducement (disambiguation) Induce (disambiguation) Inductive data type (disambiguation) Deduction (disambiguation)