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Definition of initial

Initial
Initial In*i"tial, a. [L. initialis, from initium a going in, entrance, beginning, fr. inire to go into, to enter, begin; pref. in- in + ire to go: cf. F. initial. See Issue, and cf. Commence.] 1. Of or pertaining to the beginning; marking the commencement; incipient; commencing; as, the initial symptoms of a disease. 2. Placed at the beginning; standing at the head, as of a list or series; as, the initial letters of a name.
Initial
Initial In*i"tial, n. The first letter of a word or a name.
Initial
Initial In*i"tial, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Initialed; p. pr. & vb. n. Initialing.] To put an initial to; to mark with an initial of initials. [R.]

Meaning of initial from wikipedia

- In a written or published work, an initial is a letter at the beginning of a word, a chapter, or a paragraph that is larger than the rest of the text...
- Initial D (****anese: 頭文字イニシャル D, Hepburn: Inisharu Dī) is a ****anese street racing manga series written and illustrated by S****chi Shigeno. It was serialized...
- An initial public offering (IPO) or stock launch is a public offering in which shares of a company are sold to institutional investors and usually also...
- The initial singularity is a singularity predicted by some models of the Big Bang theory to have existed before the Big Bang. The instant immediately...
- initialization in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Initialization may refer to: Booting, a process that starts computer operating systems Initialism,...
- An initial coin offering (ICO) or initial currency offering is a type of funding using cryptocurrencies. It is often a form of crowdfunding, although a...
- Rilo Kiley, also known as The Initial Friend EP, is the first release by Los Angeles–based rock band Rilo Kiley. It was initially released independently...
- A historiated initial is an initial, an enlarged letter at the beginning of a paragraph or other section of text, that contains a picture. Strictly speaking...
- call an initialism or alphabetism, for a string of initial letters which are pronounced individually. Acronyms commonly are formed from initials alone,...
- In Linux systems, initrd (initial ramdisk) is a scheme for loading a temporary root file system into memory, to be used as part of the Linux startup process...