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noun

inducing

act of bringing about a desired result

In a sentence

Six example sentences with inducing, each labelled with its topic.

  • Inducing sleep before the scan takes patience, and the team allows a full hour for children under six.

    Medicine

  • Inducing a magnetic field in the coil let the students measure a current without any battery in the circuit.

    Science

  • Inducing a slow rise overnight in the cold gives the loaf a flavor no warm two hour proof will match.

    Cooking

  • Inducing a good mood before the test raised scores, so the lab now plays cheerful music in the waiting room.

    Psychology

  • Inducing a failure on purpose, by unplugging a server mid-backup, is how the team learns whether the recovery works.

    Technology

  • Inducing demand with a tax holiday works for a month, then sales fall back below the old trend.

    Economics

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