induction
/ɪnˈdʌkʃən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.71 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "I know not you; nor am I well pleased to make this time, as the affair now stands, the induction of your acquaintance."
- "These promises are fair, the parties sure, / And our induction full of prosperous hope."
- "[Strom] Thurmond also condemned [Bayard] Rustin for having refusing ^([sic]) military induction as a conscientious objector."
- "Near-synonym: orientation"
- "One of the first examples of the immunogenicity of recombinantly derived antibodies was with murine anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody (OKT3) used in the induction of immunosupression after organ transplantation."
- "Meronym: abstraction"
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English induction, from Old French induction, from Latin inductiō, from indūcō (“to lead”). By surface analysis, induct + -ion or induce + -tion.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *dewk-, induction, inductiō