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Inducer

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who, or that which, induces.

    "Warren, Bashford, Healy, and Brubaker (1994) reported increases in the apparent duration of the fainter sound (the inducee), which alternated with a sound of higher intensity (the inducer). The inducer was a 70 dB, 1 kHz sine tone, and the inducee was a 66 dB sine tone, varying between nine frequency values, one value also 1 kHz, and the other eight frequencies were 1, 2, 6, and 10 semitones (STs) higher or lower. Both the inducer and the inducee lasted 200 ms."

  2. 2
    someone who tries to persuade or induce or lead on wordnet
  3. 3
    A molecule that starts gene expression.
  4. 4
    an agent capable of activating specific genes wordnet

Etymology

From induce + -er.

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