01 a. Leading or drawing; persuasive; tempting; -- usually followed by to.
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Leading or drawing; persuasive; tempting; -- usually followed by to.“A brutish vice, Inductive mainly to the sin of Eve.” — Milton.
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2.
Tending to induce or cause.[R.]“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.
Operating by induction; as, an inductive electrical machine.(Physics)
Phrases & compounds
Inductive embarrassment —
the retardation in signaling on an electric wire, produced by lateral induction.
Inductive sciences —
those sciences which admit of, and employ, the inductive method, as astronomy, botany, chemistry, etc.