Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which initiates.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who initiates.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
initiates - noun chemistry A substance that initiates a
chain reaction orpolymerization - noun computing A task (in a mainframe computer) that initiates multiple
jobs - noun medicine A material whose presence in the body eventually leads to
cancer
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- noun a person who initiates a course of action
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Examples
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This alteration is often described as the initiator of carcinogenesis.
innovations-report 2008
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This alteration is often described as the initiator of carcinogenesis.
innovations-report 2008
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This alteration is often described as the initiator of carcinogenesis.
innovations-report 2008
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This alteration is often described as the initiator of carcinogenesis.
innovations-report 2008
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This alteration is often described as the initiator of carcinogenesis.
innovations-report 2008
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CORRESPONDENT: What the document, Stan, says is that over a four-year period the Iranians have been developing a neutron initiator, which is a component, and essential component for a detonator for a nuclear weapon.
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Ten years later, Costco merged with The Price Company, known as the initiator of the warehouse club concept.
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An iSCSI "client" is an initiator, which is a direct translation of the SCSI protocol.
Network News 2009
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An iSCSI "client" is an initiator, which is a direct translation of the
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An iSCSI "client" is an initiator, which is a direct translation of the SCSI protocol.
Network News 2009
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