Inductive philosophy
(gcide) | Inductive \In*duct"ive\, a. [LL. inductivus: cf. F. inductif.
See Induce.]
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1. Leading or drawing; persuasive; tempting; -- usually
followed by to.
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A brutish vice,
Inductive mainly to the sin of Eve. --Milton.
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2. Tending to induce or cause. [R.]
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They may be . . . inductive of credibility. --Sir M.
Hale.
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3. Leading to inferences; proceeding by, derived from, or
using, induction; as, inductive reasoning.
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4. (Physics)
(a) Operating by induction; as, an inductive electrical
machine.
(b) Facilitating induction; susceptible of being acted
upon by induction; as, certain substances have a great
inductive capacity.
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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.
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