as in: induction into the club Define
admit ceremoniously into an organization or into an office or position
- Mrs. Bagnet concludes that for such a case there is no remedy like a pipe, and fastening the brooch herself in a twinkling, causes the trooper to be inducted into his usual snug place and the pipes to be got into action.
- We were inducted into the honor society
- there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy
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as in: logical induction Define
reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
as in: induction into the club
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admit ceremoniously into an organization or into an office or position
as in: electromagnetic induction
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the transfer of electricity or heat from one object to another without the objects touching
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