inductive

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Recent Examples of inductive 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 Batteries are recharged using inductive charging and data transfer is either over Wi-Fi when above water or via an optical modem when below the surface. IEEE Spectrum, 11 Mar. 2024 The idea is that while driving down roadways with inductive charging capability — again, not something that can be found anywhere today — the Halcyon will charge itself. Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 13 Feb. 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
  • Being explicit and deliberate in communicating timely health advice is critical, particularly during a deadly disease outbreak.
    Omer Awan, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Zelenskyy had been pressing the White House for explicit security guarantees, to no avail.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • But there’s another categorical change underway that few people are discussing, one that will reshape economies and workforces just as profoundly: demographics.
    Dan Pontefract, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Expanding categorical exclusions would allow low-risk projects to bypass NEPA’s unnecessary analysis requirements.
    James Broughel, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025

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“Inductive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inductive. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.

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