inductive

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Recent Examples of inductive Robotic cars can position themselves precisely to assure a good inductive link. Brad Templeton, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024 View 2 Images Two great minds in permanent-magnet-free motor design are fusing their know-how to create an even more capable inductive electric motor. New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2024 The robotaxi would also be charged wirelessly, through inductive charging, Musk said. Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2024 An earlier version of this article gave an incorrect figure for the efficiency of the inductive exciter used in the motor. IEEE Spectrum, 15 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for inductive
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Adjective
  • To do this, Sinclair’s team developed ICE, short for inducible changes to the epigenome.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN, 12 Jan. 2023
  • From the text: EPAS1 is also known as hypoxia-inducible factor 2{alpha} (HIF-2{alpha}).
    Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 3 July 2010
Adjective
  • Rather than passing explicit judgment, the film provides a meditation on human dominance and the ethical dilemmas of our interactions with other species.
    Lise Pedersen, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Some businesses made their Southern roots explicit in their advertising.
    Kendra D. Boyd, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • No ‘categorical right’ The Supreme Court ruled in 2023 that the PBA stretched Marsy’s Law too far.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025
  • This is a logical fallacy—specifically, a misinterpretation of categorical logic.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025

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“Inductive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inductive. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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