generalization vs induction what difference

what is difference between generalization and induction

English

Alternative forms

• generalisation

Etymology

general +‎ -ization

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

generalization (countable and uncountable, plural generalizations)

1. The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.

   Synonyms: universalization; see also Thesaurus:generalization

   Antonyms: specialization; see also Thesaurus:specialization

2. Inductive reasoning from detailed facts to general principles.
3. An oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of the members of a group.
4. (mathematics) A proof, axiom, problem, or definition which includes another’s cases, and also some additional cases.

See also

• stereotype

Translations

Further reading

• generalization at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

From Old French induction, from Latin inductiō, from indūcō (“I lead”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈdʌkʃən/
• Rhymes: -ʌkʃən

Noun

induction (countable and uncountable, plural inductions)

1. An act of inducting.

   • I know not you; nor am I well pleased to make this time, as the affair now stands, the induction of your acquaintance.
   1. A formal ceremony in which a person is appointed to an office or into military service.
   2. The process of showing a newcomer around a place where they will work or study.
2. An act of inducing.
   1. (physics) Generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field.
   2. (logic) Derivation of general principles from specific instances.
   3. (mathematics) A method of proof of a theorem by first proving it for a specific case (often an integer; usually 0 or 1) and showing that, if it is true for one case then it must be true for the next.
   4. (theater) Use of rumors to twist and complicate the plot of a play or to narrate in a way that does not have to state truth nor fact within the play.
   5. (biology) In developmental biology, the development of a feature from part of a formerly homogenous field of cells in response to a morphogen whose source determines the feature’s position and extent.
3. (medicine) The process of inducing the birth process.
4. (obsolete) An introduction.
   • 1619, Philip Massinger and Nathan Field, The Fatal Dowry

     This is but an induction: I’lldraw / The curtains of the tragedy hereafter.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:induction.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin inductio.

Noun

induction f (plural inductions)

1. induction

Further reading

• “induction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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