inducer

One who, or that which, induces.

Noun

  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...

    Antonyms: inducee

  2. A molecule that starts gene expression.

Origin

Etymology tree English induce Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English inducer From induce + -er.

Forms

inducers

Derived

apoinducer autoinducer neuroinducer