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    Inductive , 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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