How to pronounce“initial”in English
was controversial in Cantor's day more than 100 years ago, but I think it's most commonly looked at today as, you know, one of the
initial main results in set theory, and it's profound and amazing and insightful and the beginning point of so many later arguments. And this diagonalization
idea has proved to be an extremely fruitful proof method, and almost every major result in mathematical logic
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Definitions of “initial”
Chronologically first, early; of or pertaining to the beginning, cause or origin.
“Our initial admiration for their efficiency gave way to disgust about their methods.”
Spatially first, placed at the beginning, in the first position; especially said of the first letter of a word.
“The initial letter of names is usually printed with a capital letter.”
The first letter of a word or a name, especially of a person's full name (their initials).
“The point of interest about this particular specimen was that it must have remained intact for at least a quarter of a century, as it had embossed in the frosted glass the initials of the old Great North of Scotland Railway in the form of a scroll, the sort of relic of pre-grouping days that can still be found here and there if one is observant.”
A distinguished initial letter of a chapter or section of a document.
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