INDUCTIVE

inductive. Inductive, a. persuasive, leading, able to infer

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In‐duct″ive (?), a. [[LL. inductivus: cf. F. inductif. See Induce.]] 1. 1. Leading or drawing; persuasive; tempting; — usually followed by to.
A brutish vice, Inductive mainly to the sin of Eve. Milton. 2. 2. Tending to induce or cause.
They may be . . . inductive of credibility. Sir M. Hale. 3. 3. Leading to inferences; proceeding by, derived from, or using, induction; as, inductive reasoning.
4. 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.
Inductive embarrassment (Physics), the retardation in signaling on an electric wire, produced by lateral induction. — Inductive philosophy or method. See Philosophical induction, under Induction. — Inductive sciences, those sciences which admit of, and employ, the inductive method, as astronomy, botany, chemistry, etc.