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)
- The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
- Synonyms: universalization; see also Thesaurus:generalization
- Antonyms: specialization; see also Thesaurus:specialization
- Inductive reasoning from detailed facts to general principles.
- An oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of the members of a group.
- (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)
- 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.
- A formal ceremony in which a person is appointed to an office or into military service.
- The process of showing a newcomer around a place where they will work or study.
- An act of inducing.
- (physics) Generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field.
- (logic) Derivation of general principles from specific instances.
- (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.
- (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.
- (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.
- (medicine) The process of inducing the birth process.
- (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.
- 1619, Philip Massinger and Nathan Field, The Fatal Dowry
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:induction.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
French
Etymology
From Latin inductio.
Noun
induction f (plural inductions)
- induction
Further reading
- “induction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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