coinduction

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English

Etymology

From co- +‎ induction.

Noun

coinduction (countable and uncountable, plural coinductions)

  1. (logic) A form of induction that allows some form of reasoning concerning sets that are not well founded; uses a form of relation called a bisimulation
  2. (biology) The simultaneous induction of two or more compounds into a cell line