Induction

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Induction may refer to:

In popular culture:

• Induction (play) is an opening scene in a play, notably used in early English plays
• Induction (teachers) is the period of one year following qualification as a teacher in the UK
• Induction can refer to an initiation rite, at times in the form of hazing
  • Induction programme, the process used within many businesses to welcome new employees to the company and prepare them for their new role
• Orientation week, an induction programme for new students at Universities

In biology:

• Induction (biology) is the initiation or cause of a change or process in developmental biology
• Enzyme induction and inhibition is 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

In chemistry:

• asymmetric induction is the formation of one specific stereoisomer in the presence of a nearby chiral center.

In education:

• Induction is the support and guidance provided to novice educators in the early stages of their careers.

In psychology:

• The act of inducing a hypnotic state is referred to as an induction procedure.
• Post Induction Therapy asserts that childhood trauma, including child abuse and neglect, is the origin of developmental immaturity.
• Induction period related to the Atkins Nutritional Approach
• Inductive reasoning aptitude is an aptitude or personality characteristic

In philosophy, logic, and computer science:

• Inductive reasoning used in science and the scientific method
• Rhetorical induction
• Backward induction in game theory and economics
• Concept learning is the induction of a concept (category) from observations
• Theoretical foundations of induction, see:
  • Computational learning theory
  • Version Space
  • Statistical Learning Theory
  • PAC Learning
  • Algorithmic Information Theory.
  • Concept learning, for citations to foundational work by Watanabe, Solomonoff, Rendell, etc.

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
  • ∈-induction, a kind of transfinite induction
• Structural induction, a generalization of mathematical induction
• Statistical induction is the same as inferential statistics

In physics:

• Electromagnetic induction in physics and engineering
• *Magnetic induction, or magnetic field
  • Electrostatic induction
  • Radio frequency induction
  • Induction heating
    • Induction cooker uses induction heating for cooking.
    • Induction sealing or "cap sealing"
• With combustion engines, forced induction is the use of a gas compressor added to the air intake