induction
     n 1: a formal entry into an organization or position or office;
          "his initiation into the club"; "he was ordered to
          report for induction into the army"; "he gave a speech
          as part of his installation into the hall of fame" [syn:
           {initiation}, {installation}]
     2: an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force
        (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the
        flow of current
     3: reasoning from detailed facts to general principles [syn: {generalization},
         {generalisation}, {inductive reasoning}]
     4: the process whereby changes in the current flow in a circuit
        produce magnetism or an EMF
     5: stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class
        of behaviors; "the elicitation of his testimony was not
        easy" [syn: {evocation}, {elicitation}]
     6: (physics) a property of an electric circuit by which an
        electromotive force is induced in it by a variation of
        current [syn: {inductance}]
     7: the act of bringing about something (especially at an early
        time); "the induction of an anesthetic state"
     8: an act that sets in motion some course of events [syn: {trigger},
         {initiation}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0