induced
Americanadjective
-
brought about, produced, or caused, especially artificially (often used in combination).
Medical intervention in childbirth has become the norm, with hospitals relying on epidurals, C-sections, and induced labor.
The field expedition to the Greenland Sea will study climate-induced changes in the marine food web.
-
Physics. (of an electric current) produced by induction.
As a coil on a pendulum passes between the poles of an electromagnet, the induced current causes the small bulb to light up.
-
Genetics. (of a gene) having increased expression as a result of the inactivation of a negative control system or the activation of a positive control system (often used in combination).
The induced genes in the transgenic variety were of unknown function.
Our focus is on the serum-induced genes cloned from fibroblasts.
-
Biochemistry. noting or relating to a protein, especially an enzyme, whose synthesis has been stimulated by increased gene transcription (often used in combination).
These induced proteins are unlikely to affect cellular DNA repair directly.
We can now speculate that the heat-induced proteins play an important role in gastric cell protection.
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of induced
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Induced seismic events, those caused by human activity such as sonic booms, are also recorded.
From BBC • Jan. 6, 2025
Induced pluripotent stem cells can create most types of blood cells, though not functional blood stem cells.
From Science Daily • Dec. 19, 2023
Induced to go along with that which ranges from embarrassing to immoral, once having gone there, members feel they can't go back.
From Salon • Jan. 6, 2022
Induced complacency: Even geoengineering’s advocates acknowledge that it’s not a true solution to climate change.
From Slate • Jan. 6, 2016
Induced by this strange and contradictory behaviour, Ethel suddenly made a dart and flung her designing arms round him.
From A Poached Peerage by Magnay, William
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
