See Also: Initial(medicine)
initial(dictionary)
initial(2)(dictionary)
initial(1)(dictionary)
INITIAL(law)
law of initial value(medicine)
initial heat(medicine)
Rentokil Initial(finance)
initial contact(medicine)
initial cell(medicine)

initial(2) (iou)



initial noun. E17.
[from the adjective.]
An initial letter; esp. (in pl.) the initial letters of two or more names of a person, or of words forming any name or phrase. E17.
A. Uttley A big blue handkerchief with his initials embroidered in the corner. J. Hutchinson The earliest books left spaces for initials..which were completed by illuminators. New Scientist The commands are based on initials such as CV for 'centre vertically'.
An initial stage or element of something; a beginning. Now rare. M17.
Music. More fully absolute initial. Each of the prescribed notes on which a plainsong melody may begin in any given mode. L19.
Botany. An initial cell. E20.