Inductive
Inductive , adjective
[Late Latin inductivus: compare French inductif. See Induce.]
1.
Leading or drawing; persuasive; tempting; -- usually followed by to.
A brutish vice,
Inductive mainly to the sin of Eve.
2.
Tending to induce or cause. [Rare]
They may be... inductive of credibility.
3.
Leading to inferences; proceeding by, derived from, or using, induction; as, inductive reasoning.
4.
(a) (Physics) Operating by induction; as, an inductive electrical machine.
(b)
(Physics) Facilitating induction; susceptible of being acted upon by induction; as, certain substances have a great inductive capacity.
Collocations (3)
Inductive embarrassment (Physics) , the retardation in signaling on an electric wire, produced by lateral induction.
Inductive philosophy or Inductive method , See Philosophical induction, under Induction.
Inductive sciences , those sciences which admit of, and employ, the inductive method, as astronomy, botany, chemistry, etc.