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say it: in-DUHK-shuhn
induction is a noun meaning "a formal entry into an organization or position or office". It is pronounced /ˌɪnˈdʌkʃən/ — in-DUHK-shuhn. It carries 6 recorded senses.
a formal entry into an organization or position or office
“his initiation into the club”
“he was ordered to report for induction into the army”
“he gave a speech as part of his installation into the hall of fame”
an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current
reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors
“the elicitation of his testimony was not easy”
the act of bringing about something (especially at an early time)
“the induction of an anesthetic state”
an act that sets in motion some course of events
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for induction come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.