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 or polymerization
  • 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

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a person who initiates a course of action

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Examples

  • This alteration is often described as the initiator of carcinogenesis.

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  • This alteration is often described as the initiator of carcinogenesis.

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  • This alteration is often described as the initiator of carcinogenesis.

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  • This alteration is often described as the initiator of carcinogenesis.

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  • This alteration is often described as the initiator of carcinogenesis.

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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.

    CNN Transcript Dec 14, 2009 2009

  • 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

  • An iSCSI "client" is an initiator, which is a direct translation of the

    Enterprise IT Planet News 2009

  • An iSCSI "client" is an initiator, which is a direct translation of the SCSI protocol.

    Network News 2009

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