Definition of "inductive"

inductive

/ɪnˈdʌktɪv/

adjective
comparative more inductive, superlative most inductive
1. (logic) Of, or relating to logical induction.
2. (physics) Of, relating to, or arising from inductance.
3. introductory or preparatory.
4. Influencing; tending to induce or cause.
  Quotations
  A brutish vice, / Inductive mainly to the sin of Eve.
  1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […]; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873,
  They may be […] inductive of credibility.
  a. 1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677