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Induction linac
An induction linac is a linear particle accelerator in which a changing flux in a ferromagnetic core induces the accelerating voltage, delivering beams of hundreds of amperes or more.
Induction motor
An induction motor, also called an asynchronous motor, is an AC electric motor whose torque is produced by rotor currents induced electromagnetically, with no electrical connection to the rotor.
Induction welding
Induction welding is a joining process that uses an alternating magnetic field to generate heat at the interface between two parts, welding thermoplastic composites and metals.
Inductive Automation
Inductive Automation is a privately held American industrial software company founded in 2003 and based in Folsom, California, known for Ignition, its server-based SCADA and HMI platform with unlimited licensing.
Inductive charging
Inductive charging, also called wireless charging, transfers electrical energy without a physical connection by inducing current in a receiver coil, recharging smartphones and electric vehicles, including moving trucks on electrified roads.
Inductive effect
The inductive effect is the polarization of electron density along a chain of σ bonds in a molecule, caused by an atom or group of differing electronegativity.
Inductive inference
Inductive inference is a recursion-theoretic theory of learning in which algorithms fed growing data samples output hypotheses converging to a correct description of an unknown object.
Inductive output tube
The inductive output tube, or Klystrode, is a vacuum tube for power amplification of radio-frequency signals, combining a triode's grid control with a klystron's output circuit.
Inductive reasoning
Inductive reasoning, also called inductive logic or weak induction, is inference whose conclusion goes beyond its premises, so true premises support but never guarantee the conclusion.
Inductively coupled plasma
An inductively coupled plasma (ICP), or induction plasma, is a plasma sustained by radio-frequency energy induced through a coil, used in semiconductor etching and elemental analysis.
Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy
Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy, also known as ICP-OES or ICP-AES, is an analytical technique that determines the elemental composition of samples using an argon plasma.
Inductively coupled plasma etching
Inductively coupled plasma (ICP) etching, also called ICP-RIE, is a dry etching method that independently controls ion flux and ion energy, and is the dominant technique for III-V semiconductors.
Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) is an analytical technique combining an argon plasma ion source with mass spectrometric detection, first coupled in 1980 and used for trace elemental and isotopic analysis.
Inductively coupled plasma time-of-flight mass spectrometry
Inductively coupled plasma time-of-flight mass spectrometry (ICP-TOF-MS) is an analytical technique that ionizes a sample in an inductively coupled plasma and separates ions with a time-of-flight mass analyzer.
Inductivism
Inductivism is the philosophical view that science proceeds by generalizing from observed instances to universal laws, articulated by Francis Bacon in 1620 and challenged by Hume's problem of induction.
Inductor
An inductor, also called a choke or coil, is a passive electronic component of coiled wire that stores energy in a magnetic field and opposes changes in current.
Inductosyn
The Inductosyn is a high-accuracy position measuring transformer, invented by Robert W. Tripp and James L. Winget in 1955, that measures linear or angular displacement inductively.
Indulekha
Indulekha (ഇന്ദുലേഖ) is an 1889 Malayalam social novel by O. Chandu Menon, generally considered the first major Malayalam novel, portraying Nair society, matriliny, and romance in late nineteenth-century Kerala.
Indulgence
An indulgence, in Roman Catholic teaching, is the remission of temporal punishment for sins already forgiven, granted from the treasury of Christ's merits and the saints.
Indumil
Indumil (Industria Militar de Colombia) is Colombia's state-owned defense manufacturer, created in 1954, producing weapons, ammunition, and explosives for the Military Forces and National Police.
Indus Basin Irrigation System
The Indus Basin Irrigation System (IBIS) is Pakistan's network of dams, barrages, and canals diverting Indus River water to farmland, the world's largest contiguous irrigation system.
Indus Delta
Indus Delta, river delta of the Indus in Sindh, Pakistan; fifth largest delta worldwide, Ramsar site 1284 (472,800 ha), arid-climate mangroves, severe seawater intrusion and land loss from upstream irrigation diversion.
Indus Dolphin Reserve
Indus Dolphin Reserve, a 1974 game reserve in Sindh, Pakistan, protecting a 190 km Indus River stretch between Guddu and Sukkur barrages for the endangered bhulan (Indus River dolphin); Ramsar Site 1065, 44,200 ha.
Indus Himalayan Foothills
Indus Himalayan Foothills, FEOW freshwater ecoregion 705, basins along the southern Himalayan foothills in the Indus basin across India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan; Palearctic montane freshwaters, Jhelum River, no endemic fishes, Hokarsar and Haigam wetlands.
Indus migration eastward
The Indus migration eastward was the relocation of Late Harappan settlement from the Indus plains toward the Yamuna, Ghaggar-Hakra, and Ganga plains around 1900–1300 BCE.
Indus River
The Indus River is a major South Asian river rising in Tibet, known for hosting the Indus Valley civilization and sustaining the world's largest contiguous irrigation network.
Indus River Delta
The Indus River Delta is the mangrove-fringed, tide-dominated delta where the 2,900 km Indus River meets the Arabian Sea in Sindh, Pakistan; once fed by ~400 Mt of sediment yearly, it is now sediment-starved, eroding, and salinizing after upstream dams and barrages.
Indus script
Indus script (Harappan script): undeciphered Bronze Age sign system of the Indus Valley Civilization, ca. 2600-1900 BCE, known from thousands of very short seal inscriptions averaging five signs, with no bilingual key and no accepted decipherment.
Indus seals in Mesopotamia
Indus seals in Mesopotamia are square Harappan stamp seals found at sites like Ur and Kish, carried west by Indus traders in the later third millennium BC.
Indus sign corpus
The Indus sign corpus, or Concordance of Indus inscriptions, indexes all known inscriptions in the undeciphered Indus script of the Indus civilization, about 2600 to 1900 BCE.