How to Use inductive in a Sentence

inductive

adjective
  • His approach is to solve the puzzle of these inductive leaps.
    New York Times, 22 Mar. 2022
  • EVs can benefit from the type of inductive charging that keeps your phone topped off at home, but the rollout of the tech has been slow.
    Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2022
  • The Premium package nets satellite radio, inductive phone charging, the Burmester hi-fi, and a pair of screens on the dash for $2800.
    Car and Driver, 22 Apr. 2020
  • Basic, inductive charging is the more likely of the two outcomes here.
    Michael Desjardin, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2017
  • Keep your devices ready for anytime use with the inductive charging base.
    Jennifer Signorelli, Chron, 28 June 2021
  • The trade-war stuff that’s going on with Mr. Trump is not necessarily the most inductive to rising stock prices.
    Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2018
  • Apple is still working on inductive charging for iPhone and iPad.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Gruber writes that his sources believe inductive—that is, sans wires—charging for the next iPhone will arrive later than the device's launch and with its own price tag.
    David Z. Morris, Fortune, 9 July 2017
  • The markets don't have full kitchens, only inductive cooktops, hence the myriad cold preparations and raw crudo on the menu.
    Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Our top-level all-wheel-drive Avenir came swathed in leather upholstery, with a heated steering wheel and an inductive charging pad am0ng the niceties.
    Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 13 June 2023
  • In this design, a groove in the roadway is cut out to install inductive charging coils, fed by electrical power.
    Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 17 June 2022
  • The phone was tucked into an inductive charging pocket in the SUVs’ center console.
    Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 20 Aug. 2019
  • That’s inductive charging that involves placing the device on a charging mat.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 4 June 2021
  • However, the follow-up inductive inferences for the third and earlier weeks are not sound.
    Quanta Magazine, 22 May 2020
  • The classic puzzle game of inductive logic is back, purer, and clearer than ever!
    Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Underneath the road's asphalt surface will be a series of inductive chargers, a bit like the wireless charging pads used for mobile phones.
    Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 1 Feb. 2022
  • This is called inductive heating, and because the researchers designed their nanoparticles to spread out evenly within the solution, all parts of the tissue heat at the same time.
    Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2017
  • Wireless, or inductive, charging is the next frontier for hybrid and electric vehicles that one day will charge in much the way your new toothbrush or cellphone does.
    Stephen Williams, New York Times, 31 May 2018
  • Qi charging is enabled by a big, flat metal coil that is usually placed in the back of the phone, and while Qi works fine through glass, a metal back can interfere with the inductive power transfer.
    Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 17 Oct. 2017
  • Since the 90s, electric toothbrushes with plastic bottoms have used inductive charging built into the stand.
    Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 1 Sep. 2019
  • The Magic Feet is an inductive charger for your Mac peripherals.
    Charlie Sorrel, WIRED, 20 Jan. 2012
  • These new iPhones look much like Apple's models from the past three years, though with faster processors, better cameras, and a glass back instead of aluminum to support inductive charging.
    Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2017
  • Static charging is an inductive version of the electric charging that EV owners use today.
    Irene Wright, Dallas News, 7 July 2022
  • The practical answer is that the battery had to shrink to make room for the 8's new inductive charging coils—since, for whatever reason, making a thicker phone is apparently out of the question.
    Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 26 Sep. 2017
  • Many audiences—in a business meeting, for example—are of course composed of both inductive and deductive thinkers.
    Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 7 June 2021
  • This includes a battery large enough for all-day operation and the hardware needed for wireless inductive charging.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 29 Aug. 2020
  • The tall gear selector takes up most of the center console, leaving room for an optional inductive phone charging pad in front and a wallet-and-keys-sized storage compartment behind.
    Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Ram is working on an inductive charging robot for its upcoming electric truck.
    Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Another option is an inductive system in which electromagnetic coils that are embedded in the road pass a charge into the battery.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 17 May 2023
  • An inductive charging kit allows the Elite to get its power by brushing up against the docking station, instead of connecting its electrical contacts.
    Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 17 Jan. 2020

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