Generalization
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
Induction
Part of speech: noun
Definition: the act of inductinga formal ceremony in which a person is appointed to an office or into military servicethe generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic fieldthe derivation of general principles from specific instancesA general proof of a theorem by first proving it for a specific integer (for example) and showing that, if it is true for one integer then it must be true for the next.The use of rumors to twist and complicate the plot of a play or to narrate in a way that does not have to state truth nor fact within the play.In developmental biology, the development of a feature from part of a formerly homogenous field of cells in response to a morphogen whose source determines the feature's position and extent.an introductionthe act of inducing childbirth