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inductive

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Philosophy, Electricity
in·duc·tive /ɪnˈdʌktɪv/ adjective technical  1 RPusing known facts to produce general principles 归纳的;归纳法的 inductive reasoning 归纳推理2. TPEconnected with electrical or magnetic induction 电感的;磁感的
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inductiveFor example, the attempt in the past thirty years to incorporate more divergent factors changes the emphasis towards inductive and creative abilities.There were, said the professor, two kinds of science, inductive and deductive.Alternatively extra inductance can be added to the secondary circuit, taking care to avoid further mutually inductive couplings.Here is another example of such an intuitive jump, which omits several stages in the strict sequence of inductive logic.Fortunately band-pass and band-stop filters can be constructed from just capacitors and resistors, thereby avoiding the inductive problem.The standard experiment to demonstrate the inductive signal from the vegetal region makes use of the animal cap.For muscle development an inductive signal must pass from the vegetal region.One case where the inductive signals may have been identified is in early amphibian development.
in·duc·tive adjectiveChineseSyllable
using produce facts to general principles known Corpus


inductive
inductive /ɪnˈdʌktɪv/ adjective technical
1. using known facts to produce general principles:
    inductive reasoning
2. connected with electrical or magnetic induction


in·duct·iveBrE /ɪnˈdʌktɪv/ 🔊NAmE /ɪnˈdʌktɪv/ 🔊 adjective(specialist) using particular facts and examples to form general rules and principles 归纳法的;归纳的an inductive argument归纳论证inductive reasoning归纳推理   compare deductive (physics 物理) connected with the induction of electricity 电感应的 in·duct·ive·ly BrE /ɪnˈdʌktɪvli/ 🔊NAmE /ɪnˈdʌktɪvli/ 🔊 adverba theory derived inductively from the data从数据中归纳出的理论