0 of or at the beginning: --
1 the first letter of a name, especially when used to represent the whole name: --
2 to write your initials on something: --
3 of or at the beginning; first: --
The president’s initial popularity soon disappeared.
She failed her driving test on the initial try, but passed the next time.
4 the first letter of a name, esp. when used to represent a name --
5 to write your initials on something: --
Please initial each document.
Experiments evaluating the effects of isoproteronol on tissue removed from the heart at surgery demonstrated initial inhibition of contraction with improvements over time.
The initial inflation target was 3% until the end of 1992 and then it was reduced to 2% in 1993 until the end of 1995.
Therefore, growth rates may increase over time simply because the initial and descendant cells are recovering from treatment rather than evolving.
We also routinely check samples before and after longer exposures even for samples that pass initial screening of radiation sensitivity.
Figure 8 shows an example involving five initial disks, all of radius 1, that possesses no symmetry.
The model is run under twelve different conditions - three initial parties and four initial parties, and within each of these six different informational conditions.
The notion of initial teacher training being an area where 'training has long since replaced genuine education' (p. 30) also rings true.
This sample represents 83 % of the initial cohort.