ab initio

American  

[ahb i-nit-ee-oh, ab i-nish-ee-oh] / ɑb ɪˈnɪt iˌoʊ, æb ɪˈnɪʃ iˌoʊ /

adverb

Latin.

1. from the beginning.

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ab initio British  

/ æb ɪˈnɪʃɪˌəʊ /

1. from the start; from scratch

   ab initio courses

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Example Sentences

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

The new CVF model is reliable, efficient, scalable and transferable, and incorporates ab initio quantum calculations that accurately reproduce the thermodynamic properties of water under different conditions.

From Science Daily

This effect was confirmed through ab initio molecular dynamics simulations, which revealed the migration pathways of protons near the Sc cation when transporting across the material.

From Science Daily

A new approach, known as wavefunction matching, is intended to help solve such calculation problems for ab initio methods.

From Science Daily

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