inducing
Causing to happen
Inducing is bringing about or causing something to happen.
A doctor may induce labor to start childbirth artificially.
Certain drugs induce sleep.
Arguments or incentives induce people to act: Nothing could induce him to change his mind.
In logic and science, to induce is to derive general principles from specific observations—the opposite of deduction.
Causing a reaction
- precipitatingCausing to occur suddenly
- instigatingPrompting action to begin
- generatingCreating or making
- sparkingEmitting small flames
initiating · triggering · catalyzing · eliciting · producing · occasioning · effecting · engendering
Able to persuade
- persuadingInducing belief or action
- coaxingPersuading through gentle persistence
- urgingStrongly encouraging action
- encouragingGiving confidence or hope
motivating · prompting · swaying · cajoling · enticing · talking into · winning over · influencing
Induced trance state
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- sedationDrug-induced calm state
- tranceSemiconscious, unresponsive condition
coma · vomiting · sleep · contractions · amnesia · ovulation · relaxation · unconsciousness
Involving electric and magnetic fields
- magneticAttracting iron or attention
- currentDirected flow of charge
- voltageElectrical potential difference
- fluxContinuous change or flow
field · coil · eddy · charge · electromotive · capacitance · resonance · mutual
Deriving meaning indirectly
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- derivingTracing origin from source
- concludingBringing to an end
- deducingConcluding from evidence
generalizing · extrapolating · inferential · empirical · hypothesis · observation · evidence-based · probabilistic
provoking
Causing a reaction
- precipitatingCausing to occur suddenly
- instigatingPrompting action to begin
- generatingCreating or making
sparking · initiating · triggering · catalyzing · eliciting · producing · occasioning · effecting · engendering · bringing about
convincing
Able to persuade
- persuadingInducing belief or action
- coaxingPersuading through gentle persistence
- urgingStrongly encouraging action
encouraging · motivating · prompting · swaying · cajoling · enticing · talking into · winning over · influencing · pressing
hypnosis
Induced trance state
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- sedationDrug-induced calm state
trance · coma · vomiting · sleep · contractions · amnesia · ovulation · relaxation · unconsciousness · stupor
electromagnetic
Involving electric and magnetic fields
- magneticAttracting iron or attention
- currentDirected flow of charge
- voltageElectrical potential difference
flux · field · coil · eddy · charge · electromotive · capacitance · resonance · mutual · Faraday
inferring
Deriving meaning indirectly
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- derivingTracing origin from source
- concludingBringing to an end
deducing · generalizing · extrapolating · inferential · empirical · hypothesis · observation · evidence-based · probabilistic · bottom-up
- pregnancypregnancy, pregnant, prenatal care, due date, weeks
- persuadingpersuading, convincing, urging, coaxing, influencing
- childbirthcontractions, labor, pushing, dilation, birth
- incitementinciting, instigating, provoking, incitement, instigation
- thinkingthinking, reasoning, thought, ponder, contemplate
- math operationsaddition, adding, subtraction, subtracting, multiplication
inducingpreventing
Stopping before occurrence
stopping · blocking · inhibiting · precluding · averting
inducingdissuading
Advising against action
deterring · discouraging · disinclining · repelling · restraining
inducingsuppressing
Forcibly restraining or inhibiting
quelling · quashing · extinguishing · stifling · squelching
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