electrostatic induction

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the electrification of a conductor when placed near a charged body.

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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

First recorded in 1875–80

Induction would be a fitting gesture, even now when the honor would be posthumous.
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Surprises Brooklyn bar after Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
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I was immediately admitted to the hospital and induction was started for me to go into labor.
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The band performed the song during its 2001 induction to The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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It is an induction from one of the phenomena of animated Nature,--the nutrition and production of a seed.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I|John Lord
In establishing the minor points Burke has used arguments from sign, cause, example, and induction.
English: Composition and Literature|W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
“All the other States are smaller than Texas” is a perfect induction, but it forms no basis for argument.
English: Composition and Literature|W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
I have said that in this case the verification fulfils the conditions of an induction: but an induction of what sort?
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive|John Stuart Mill
An alleged fact, according to this theory, is not to be believed if it contradict a complete induction.
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive|John Stuart Mill