Inductive (?), a. [LL. inductivus: cf. F. inductif. See Induce.][1913 Webster]
1. Leading or drawing; persuasive; tempting; -- usually followed by to.[1913 Webster]
A brutish vice,Inductive mainly to the sin of Eve.
2. Tending to induce or cause. [R.][1913 Webster]
They may be . . . inductive of credibility.
3. Leading to inferences; proceeding by, derived from, or using, induction; as, inductive reasoning.[1913 Webster]
4. (Physics) (a) Operating by induction; as, an inductive electrical machine. (b) Facilitating induction; susceptible of being acted upon by induction; as, certain substances have a great inductive capacity.[1913 Webster]
Inductive embarrassment (Physics), the retardation in signaling on an electric wire, produced by lateral induction. -- Inductive philosophy or Inductive method. See Philosophical induction, under Induction. -- Inductive sciences, those sciences which admit of, and employ, the inductive method, as astronomy, botany, chemistry, etc.[1913 Webster]