noun🔗ShareOne who initiates."The initiators of the neighborhood cleanup organized the volunteers and provided the necessary supplies. "personactiongrouporganizationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA substance that initiates a chain reaction or polymerization."The lab technician carefully added the initiators to the solution, starting the process that would create the new plastic. "chemistrysubstanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA task (in a mainframe computer) that initiates multiple jobs."The initiators on the mainframe kicked off the overnight batch processing, ensuring all the reports were ready by morning. "computingtechnologymachinesystemjobChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA material whose presence in the body eventually leads to cancer."Prolonged exposure to certain chemicals, like asbestos, means they are considered potent initiators of lung cancer. "medicinesubstancebiologydiseasebiochemistrybodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading