- [uncountable, countable] induction (into something)
the process of introducing somebody to a new job, skill, organization, etc.; a ceremony at which this takes place 就職；入門；接納會員；就職儀式 induction into the local business community 加入當地商界 The induction of new students will take place in the main hall. 新生歡迎儀式將在大禮堂舉行。
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the act of making a pregnant woman start to give birth, using artificial means such as a special drug 催産；催生 the induction of labour 引産
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a method of discovering general rules and principles from particular facts and examples 歸納法 - [uncountable] (
physics 物理 the process by which electricity or magnetism passes from one object to another without them touching 電磁感應
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin inductio(n-), from the verb inducere ‘lead into’, ‘lead in’, from in- ‘into’ + ducere ‘to lead’.