induction

induction.

1. The act or process of initiating (the induction of three new members into the legal fraternity).

2. The act or process of reasoning from specific instances to general propositions (after looking at several examples, the group reasoned by induction that it is a very poor practice to begin a new paragraph by abruptly bringing up a new case). Cf. DEDUCTION(4).

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译者Lisa，毕业于美国顶尖的高级翻译学院，擅长翻译涉及体育及娱乐业领域的法律文件。