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Inducteenouna person inducted into an organization or social groupverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inductionnounan electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of currentverifiedMay 18, 2026
Induction AcceleratornounMWEaccelerates a continuous beam of electrons to high speeds by means of the electric field produced by changing magnetic fluxverifiedMay 18, 2026
Induction CoilnounMWEa coil for producing a high voltage from a low-voltage sourceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Induction HeatingnounMWEthe heating of a conducting material caused by an electric current induced in itverifiedMay 18, 2026
Induction of LabornounMWEinducing the childbirth process artificially by administering oxytocin or by puncturing the amniotic sacverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inductive ReasoningnounMWEreasoning from detailed facts to general principlesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inductornounan electrical device (typically a conducting coil) that introduces inductance into a circuitverifiedMay 18, 2026
Indulgencenounthe remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolutionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Indulgingnounthe act of indulging or gratifying a desireverifiedMay 18, 2026
Indumentnouna covering of fine hairs (or sometimes scales) as on a leaf or insectverifiedMay 18, 2026
Indumentumnouna covering of fine hairs (or sometimes scales) as on a leaf or insectverifiedMay 18, 2026
Indurated ClaynounMWEhardened clayverifiedMay 18, 2026
Indurationnounany pathological hardening or thickening of tissueverifiedMay 18, 2026
Induration of the ArteriesnounMWEsclerosis of the arterial wallsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Indusiumnouna membrane enclosing and protecting the developing spores especially that covering the sori of a fernverifiedMay 18, 2026
Industrial Air PollutionnounMWEpollution resulting from an industrial plant discharging pollutants into the atmosphereverifiedMay 18, 2026
Industrial ArtsnounMWEa course in the methods of using tools and machinery as taught in secondary schools and technical schoolsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Industrial BanknounMWEa finance company that makes small loans to industrial workersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Industrial Control SystnounMWEAn information system used to control industrial processes such as manufacturing, product handling, production, and distribution or to control infrastructure assets.SystemRegulatedCUIMay 9, 2026
Industrial Control SystemnounMWEAn information system used to control industrial processes such as manufacturing, product handling, production, and distribution. Industrial control systems include supervisory control and data acquisition systems (SCADA) used to control geographically dispersed assets, as well as distributed control systems (DCS) and smaller control systems using programmable logic controllers to control localized processes.SystemRegulatedCUIMay 9, 2026
Industrial DiseasenounMWEdisease or disability resulting from conditions of employment (usually from long exposure to a noxious substance or from continuous repetition of certain acts)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Industrial EngineeringnounMWEthe branch of engineering that deals with the creation and management of systems that integrate people and materials and energy in productive waysverifiedMay 18, 2026
Industrial EnterprisenounMWEthe development of industry on an extensive scaleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Industrial Loan CompanynounMWEa finance company that makes small loans to industrial workersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Industrial ManagementnounMWEthe branch of engineering that deals with the creation and management of systems that integrate people and materials and energy in productive waysverifiedMay 18, 2026
Industrial ParknounMWEa tract of land at a distance from city center that is designed for a cluster of businesses and factoriesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Industrial PlantnounMWEbuildings for carrying on industrial laborverifiedMay 18, 2026
Industrial ProcessnounMWEa systematic series of mechanical or chemical operations that produce or manufacture somethingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Industrial PsychologynounMWEany of several branches of psychology that seek to apply psychological principles to practical problems of education or industry or marketing etc.verifiedMay 18, 2026
Industrial UnionnounMWEa labor union that admits all workers in a given industry irrespective of their craftverifiedMay 18, 2026
Industrial WatercoursenounMWEa canal that is operated by one or more industriesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Industrialisationnounthe development of industry on an extensive scaleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Industrialismnounan economic system built on large industries rather than on agriculture or craftsmanshipverifiedMay 18, 2026
Industrialistnounsomeone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterpriseverifiedMay 18, 2026
Industrializationnounthe development of industry on an extensive scaleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Industriousnessnounpersevering determination to perform a taskverifiedMay 18, 2026
Industrynounthe people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterpriseverifiedMay 18, 2026
Industry AnalystnounMWEan analyst of conditions affecting a particular industryverifiedMay 18, 2026
industry sectornounMWEThe world of business and commerce is often divided up in to a selection of broad and commonly recognised groups, called sectors. Often a more general term, a sector represents a group of industries and markets that share common attributes.OrganizationMay 12, 2026
industry standardnounMWEA norm or requirement established within an industry; it is typically a formal document establishing uniform technical or engineering, processes, processes, or criteria.RequirementMay 12, 2026
Industry testingnounMWEA test designed to validate that business processes, integrated across firms and within the financial industry, which supports the business continuity objectives of the firms, both individually and collectively.ProcessInternalMay 9, 2026
Indwellernounactivation by an inner spirit or force or principleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inebriantnouna liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agentverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inebriationnouna temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcoholverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inebrietynouna temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcoholverifiedMay 18, 2026
Ineffectivenessnounlacking the power to be effectiveverifiedMay 18, 2026
Ineffectualitynounlacking the power to be effectiveverifiedMay 18, 2026
Ineffectualnessnounlacking the power to be effectiveverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inefficaciousnessnouna lack of efficacyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inefficacynouna lack of efficacyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inefficiencynoununskillfulness resulting from a lack of efficiencyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inelasticitynounthe lack of elasticityverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inelegancenounthe quality of lacking refinement and good tasteverifiedMay 18, 2026
Ineligibilitynounthe quality or state of being ineligibleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Ineluctabilitynounthe quality of being impossible to avoid or evadeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Ineptitudenounhaving no qualities that would render it valuable or usefulverifiedMay 18, 2026
Ineptnessnounthe quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purposeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inequalitynounlack of equalityverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inequitynouninjustice by virtue of not conforming with rules or standardsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inerrancynoun(Christianity) exemption from errorverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inert GasnounMWEany of the chemically inert gaseous elements of the helium group in the periodic tableverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inertianoun(physics) the tendency of a body to maintain its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external forceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inertial FramenounMWEa coordinate system in which Newton's first law of motion is validverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inertial Guidance SystemnounMWEa system to control a plane or spacecraftverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inertial MassnounMWE(physics) the mass of a body as determined by the second law of motion from the acceleration of the body when it is subjected to a force that is not due to gravityverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inertial NavigationnounMWEa method of controlling the flight of a missile by devices that respond to inertial forcesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inertial Navigation SystemnounMWEa system to control a plane or spacecraftverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inertial Reference FramenounMWEa coordinate system in which Newton's first law of motion is validverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inertnessnounimmobility by virtue of being inertverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inessentialitynounnot of basic importanceverifiedMay 18, 2026
InetdnounInetd (or Internet Daemon) is an application that controls smaller internet services like telnet, ftp, and POP.SystemMay 9, 2026
Inevitabilitynounthe quality of being unavoidableverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inevitable AccidentnounMWEa natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of eventsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inevitablenessnounthe quality of being unavoidableverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inexactitudenounthe quality of being inaccurate and having errorsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inexactnessnounthe quality of being inaccurate and having errorsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inexorabilitynounmercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or let upverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inexorablenessnounmercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or let upverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inexpediencenounthe quality of being unsuited to the end in viewverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inexpediencynounthe quality of being unsuited to the end in viewverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inexpensivenessnounthe quality of being affordableverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inexperiencenounlack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experienceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inexperienced PersonnounMWEa person who lacks knowledge of evilverifiedMay 18, 2026
Inexplicitnessnoununclearness by virtue of not being explicitverifiedMay 18, 2026
Infallibilitynounthe quality of never making an errorverifiedMay 18, 2026
Infamynounevil fame or public reputationverifiedMay 18, 2026
Infancynounthe early stage of growth or developmentverifiedMay 18, 2026
Infantnouna very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talkverifiedMay 18, 2026
Infant DeathnounMWEsudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleepverifiedMay 18, 2026
Infant DeathratenounMWEthe death rate during the first year of lifeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Infant FeedingnounMWEfeeding an infantverifiedMay 18, 2026
Infant MortalitynounMWEthe death rate during the first year of lifeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Infant Mortality RatenounMWEthe death rate during the first year of lifeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Infant ProdigynounMWEa prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early ageverifiedMay 18, 2026
Infant SchoolnounMWEBritish school for children aged 5-7verifiedMay 18, 2026
Infant's-BreathnounEurasian herb with ample panicles of small white flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Infanticidenouna person who murders an infantverifiedMay 18, 2026
Infantile Amaurotic IdiocynounMWEa hereditary disorder of lipid metabolism occurring most frequently in individuals of Jewish descent in eastern EuropeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Infantile AutismnounMWEa rare but serious syndrome of childhood characterized by withdrawal and lack of social responsiveness or interest in others and serious linguistic deficitsverifiedMay 18, 2026