Induct
[Verb transitive]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
1. Literally, to being in or introduce. Hence, appropriately,
2. To introduce, as to a
benefice or office; to put in actual possession of an ecclesiastical living or of any other office, with the customary forms and ceremonies. Clerks or
parsons are
inducted by a
mandate from the bishop to the
archdeacon, who usually issued a
precept to other
clergymen to perform the duty. In the United States, certain civil officers and presidents of colleges, are
inducted into office with appropriate ceremonies.
Induct
[Verb transitive]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. To bring in; to introduce; to
usher in.
2. To introduce, as to a
benefice or office; to put in actual possession of the temporal rights of an ecclesiastical living, or of any other office, with the customary forms and ceremonies.
Inducted
[Participle passive]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
Rendered
electro-polar by induction, or brought into the opposite electrical state by the influence of
inductive bodies.
Inductile
[Adjective]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
Not capable of being drawn into threads, as a metal. [ See
Ductile .]
Inductile
[Adjective]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
Not
ductile; incapable of being drawn into threads, as a metal; inelastic;
tough.
Inducting
[Participle present tense]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
1. Literally, a bringing in; introduction; entrance. Hence,
2. In logic and rhetoric, the act of drawing a consequence from two or more propositions, which are called
premises.
3. The method of reasoning from particulars to generals, or the
inferring of one general proposition from several particular ones.
4. The conclusion or inference drawn from
premises or from propositions which are admitted to be true, either in fact, or for the sake of argument.
5. The introduction of a
clergyman into a
benefice, or giving possession of an ecclesiastical living; or the introduction of a person into an office by the usual forms and ceremonies. induction is applied to the introduction of officers, only when certain oaths are to be administered or other
formalities are to be observed, which are intended to
confer authority or give dignity to the
transaction. In Great Britain, induction is used for giving possession of ecclesiastical offices. In the United States, it is applied to the formal introduction of civil officers, and the higher officers of colleges.
1. The act or process of
inducting or bringing in; introduction; entrance; beginning; commencement.
3. The act or process of reasoning from a part to a whole, from particulars to generals, or from the individual to the universal; also, the result or inference so reached.
4. The introduction of a
clergyman into a
benefice, or of an official into a office, with appropriate acts or ceremonies; the giving actual possession of an ecclesiastical living or its
temporalities.
5. A process of demonstration in which a general truth is gathered from an examination of particular cases, one of which is known to be true, the examination being so conducted that each case is made to depend on the preceding one; -- called also successive induction.
6. The property by which one body, having electrical or magnetic
polarity, causes or induces it in another body without direct contact; an impress of electrical or magnetic force or condition from one body on another without actual contact.
Pertaining to, or proceeding by, induction;
inductive.
Inductive
[Adjective]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
1. Leading or drawing; with to.
3. Inductive mainly to the sin of
Eve.
4. Tending to induce or cause.
6. Leading to inferences; proceeding by induction; employed in drawing conclusions from promises; as inductive reasoning.
Inductive
[Adjective]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
2. Tending to induce or cause.
3. Leading to inferences; proceeding by, derived from, or using, induction; as, inductive reasoning.
4.
Operating by induction; as, an inductive electrical machine.
5.
Facilitating induction;
susceptible of being acted upon by induction; as certain substances have a great inductive capacity.
By induction or inference.
By induction or inference.
An instrument for measuring or ascertaining the degree or rate of electrical induction.
Inductor
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
The person who inducts another into an office or
benefice.
Inductor
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. The person who inducts another into an office or
benefice.
2. That portion of an electrical apparatus, in which is the inducing charge or current.
Acting by, or in a state of, induction; relating to electrical induction.
