inductive
IPA: ɪndˈʌktɪv
adjective
- (logic) Of, or relating to logical induction.
- (physics) Of, relating to, or arising from inductance.
- introductory or preparatory.
- Influencing; tending to induce or cause.
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Examples of "inductive" in Sentences
- “One was called inductive charging and one was conductive charging,” explains ODOT spokesman Art James.
- The driving idea is that so-called inductive definitions ought to be allowed in the realm of constructive mathematics.
- The intuitive, no less than what may be termed the inductive school of ethics, insists on the necessity of general laws.
- However, in addition to DS explanation, Hempel also recognizes a distinctive sort of statistical explanation, which he calls inductive-statistical or
- The Qi standard involves a technology called inductive charging, while other companies, like PureEnergy Solutions, use a conductive charging technology.
- In IS explanation, the relation between explanans and explanandum is, in Hempel's words, “inductive,” rather than deductive ” hence the name inductive-statistical explanation.
- He describes Solomonoff's continued research in inductive inference (artificial intelligence), his development and attempts to market the TRAC programming language, and his work with Eugene Stuart Fergusson on ASCII standards.
- About this time, Peirce began to hold that there were two utterly distinct classes of probable inferences, which he referred to as inductive inferences and abductive inferences (which he also called hypotheses and retroductive inferences).
- In attempting to make the passage from the one to the other type of knowledge, these writers, implic - itly at least, touched on three methodological tech - niques that have come to typify modern science, namely inductive, experimental, and mathematical.
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