ab initio
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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They paired these measurements with detailed ab initio simulations that tracked thousands of possible atomic pathways and calculated how likely decay was along each one.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 24, 2026
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
In that sense, the void ab initio doctrine is a tool of accountability.
From Slate ● Nov. 16, 2022
Therefore, it is alleged, the analogy between natural selection and artificial selection fails ab initio, or at the fountain-head of the causes which are taken by the analogy to be respectively involved.
From Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions by George John Romanes
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