ab initio
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Many universities now offer "ab initio" undergraduate courses for languages, meaning you can start as a complete beginner - something Prof Koglbauer says has bolstered uptake.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2025
However, these ab initio methods have difficulties in performing reliable calculations for systems with complex interactions.
From Science Daily ● May 15, 2024
The extensive ab initio molecular dynamics simulations used in this study were still limited by their short time and length scales and high computational costs in representing the chemical reactions.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2023
In that sense, the void ab initio doctrine is a tool of accountability.
From Slate ● Nov. 16, 2022
Lutherans Qualified to Head True Union Movement.—Most of the union-efforts are failures ab initio.
From American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod by F. (Friedrich) Bente
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