indukálni

Indukálni is a Hungarian verb meaning to cause something to happen by external influence, to initiate or trigger a process, often through a mechanism or controlled intervention. It is commonly used in medical and scientific contexts, but also in general descriptions when something is brought about indirectly.

The word is borrowed from Latin inducere and arrived in Hungarian with the -álni infinitive suffix. It is a regular verb of the first conjugation: indukálok, indukálsz, indukál, indukálunk, indukáltok, indukálnak. The related noun is indukálás; an induced event or result is described as "indukált" in the past.

In medicine, "szülést indukálni" means to stimulate labor, typically with drugs or procedures: "Az orvos indukálja a szülést." In chemistry or physics, "egy reakciót indukál" means to trigger a reaction or process by an initiator, energy input, or catalyst: "A katalizátor indukálja a reakciót." In broader language, it can refer to causing a phenomenon or behavior: "A külső tényező indukálta a jelenséget." However, in everyday speech Hungarian speakers more often use előidéz, kivált, vagy okoz to express similar ideas.