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'Induction' may refer to:
In 'sociology':

★ Induction (play), an opening scene in a play, notably used in early English plays

★ Rite of passage

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★ Orientation week, an induction program for new students at Universities

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★ Teacher induction, the support and guidance provided to novice educators in the early stages of their careers

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★ Induction (teachers), the period of one year following qualification as a teacher in the United Kingdom

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★ Induction program, the process used within many businesses to welcome new employees to the company and prepare them for their new role
In 'biology and chemistry':

★ Induction (biology) is the initiation or cause of a change or process in developmental biology

★ Enzyme induction and inhibition is a process in which a molecule (e.g. a drug) induces (i.e. initiates or enhances) or inhibits the expression of an enzyme

★ Induction (birth), induction of childbirth

★ asymmetric induction is the formation of one specific stereoisomer in the presence of a nearby chiral center
In 'psychology':

★ Induction procedure, the act of inducing a hypnotic state

★ Post Induction Therapy, a therapy which is based on the theory that childhood trauma, including child abuse and neglect, is the origin of developmental immaturity

★ Induction period, related to the Atkins Nutritional Approach

★ Inductive reasoning aptitude, an aptitude or personality characteristic
In 'philosophy', 'logic', and 'computer science':

★ Inductive reasoning, used in science and the scientific method

★ Rhetorical induction

★ Backward induction in game theory and economics

★ Concept learning is the induction of a concept (category) from observations

★ Theoretical foundations of induction, see:

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★ Computational learning theory

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★ Version Space

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★ Statistical Learning Theory

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★ PAC Learning

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★ Algorithmic Information Theory.

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★ Concept learning, for citations to foundational work by Watanabe, Solomonoff, Rendell, etc.
In 'mathematics':

★ Mathematical induction, a method of proof in the field of mathematics

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★ Strong induction, or Complete induction, a variant of mathematical induction

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★ Transfinite induction, a kind of mathematical induction

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★ ∈-induction, a kind of transfinite induction

★ Structural induction, a generalization of mathematical induction

★ 'Statistical induction', also known as inferential statistics
In 'physics':

★ Electromagnetic induction in physics and engineering

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★ 'Magnetic induction', see magnetic field

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★ Electrostatic induction

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★ Radio frequency induction

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★ Induction heating

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★ Induction cooker uses induction heating for cooking.

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★ Induction sealing

★ forced induction, with combustion engines, is the use of a gas compressor added to the air intake