inductive
/ɪnˈdʌktɪv/ adjective C2- Of, or relating to logical induction, by generalizing a universal claim or principle from the observed particular instances.
- Of, relating to, or arising from inductance.
- Introductory or preparatory.
- Influencing; tending to induce or cause.
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“Yes, gentlemen,” said he, “it is the most famous pearl now existing in the world, and it has been my good fortune, by a connected chain of inductive reasoning, to trace it from the Prince of Colonna’s bedroom at the Dacre Hotel, where it was lost, to the interior of this, the last of the six busts of Napoleon which were manufactured by Gelder & Co., of Stepney.
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