Noun
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"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
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"6. (physics) a property of an electric circuit by which an electromotive force is induced in it by a variation of current
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