induced
Caused to happen
Induced describes something brought about deliberately rather than occurring naturally.
Labor can be induced when doctors start contractions artificially.
An induced coma is medically created.
In physics, induced current flows because of a changing magnetic field.
The word implies an outside cause: The drug induced hallucinations.
Her speech induced a change of heart in the committee.
Caused to activate
- precipitatedCaused suddenly to occur
- sparkedInitiated by stimulus
- elicitedDrew forth deliberately
- instigatedCaused to begin
initiated · engendered · occasioned · brought · provoked · generated · produced · effected
Strenuous effort; also childbirth
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- comaUnwakeable unconsciousness
- sedationDrug-induced calm state
- hypothermiaDangerously low body temperature
ovulation · vomiting · abortion · hypnosis · ventilation · intubation · chemotherapy · contractions
Directed flow of charge
- voltageElectrical potential difference
- chargeCost or accusation
- magnetismForce between poles
- fieldArea of specialty
dipole · polarization · radioactivity · mutation · catalysis · reaction · fit · drag
Produced artificially, not natural
- fabricatedInvented, not real
- engineeredDesigned with technical precision
- simulatedMade to imitate reality
- manufacturedMade by machinery
created · forced · contrived · deliberate · unnatural · laboratory · experimental · controlled
triggered
Caused to activate
- precipitatedCaused suddenly to occur
- sparkedInitiated by stimulus
- elicitedDrew forth deliberately
instigated · initiated · engendered · occasioned · brought · provoked · generated · produced · effected · compelled
labor
Strenuous effort; also childbirth
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- comaUnwakeable unconsciousness
- sedationDrug-induced calm state
hypothermia · ovulation · vomiting · abortion · hypnosis · ventilation · intubation · chemotherapy · contractions · delivery
current
Directed flow of charge
field · dipole · polarization · radioactivity · mutation · catalysis · reaction · fit · drag · resistance
synthetic
Produced artificially, not natural
- fabricatedInvented, not real
- engineeredDesigned with technical precision
- simulatedMade to imitate reality
manufactured · created · forced · contrived · deliberate · unnatural · laboratory · experimental · controlled · manipulated
anger
Intense hostile emotion
- resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
fear · euphoria · nausea · vertigo · paranoia · hysteria · calm · relaxation · trance · stupor
- caused synonymscaused, made, created, triggered, sparked
- won overconvinced, persuaded, swayed, coaxed, influenced
- childbirthcontractions, labor, pushing, dilation, birth
- influencedinspired, persuaded, motivated, swayed, affected
- brought forwardrevealed, exposed, unveiled, disclosed, displayed
- mutationspoint mutation, mutant, deletion, insertion, frameshift
inducedspontaneous
Arising without external cause
natural · noninduced · unprompted · inherent · innate
inducedvoluntary
Done by choice
spontaneous · willing · unprompted · self-motivated · impulsive
- induced comaArtificially maintained unconsciousness for treatment
- induced laborArtificially initiated childbirth
- induction stoveMagnetic-field heated cooktop
- medically induced comaPurposeful drug-induced unconsciousness
- electromagnetic inductionVoltage from field changes
- induction cookingMagnetic field heats pot
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