Indutseerib

Indutseerib is Estonian a verb meaning to cause something to begin or to bring about a result. It denotes the act of causing a process or reaction to start. The infinitive form is indutseerima, and the third-person singular present tense is indutseerib. The past tense is indutseeris and the past participle is indutseeritud. The word is used in a range of contexts where one thing leads to another.

Etymology and form: indutseerib is a loanword from English, based on the verb induce. Estonian forms are built with the -ima infinitive and the -ib present-tense ending, with related nouns such as indutseerimine (the act of inducing) and indutseerimisprotsess (the induction process). The term is common in technical and formal language, including medicine, science, and psychology.

Usage: In medicine, indutseerimine is used to describe processes such as the induction of labor. In science, it can refer to the induction of a chemical or biological reaction by a catalyst or stimulus. In everyday language, indutseerib can express that a factor causes a particular outcome, for example a stimulus that indutseerib a response.

See also: indutseerimine, induction (as a concept in science and medicine), sünnituse indutseerimine (induction of labor). The term is most often found in technical or formal writing and is less common in casual speech.