initiator

See also: Initiator

English

Etymology

initiate +‎ -or

Noun

initiator (plural initiators)

One who initiates.
(chemistry) A substance that initiates a chain reaction or polymerization.
(computing) A task (in a mainframe computer) that initiates multiple jobs.
(medicine) A material whose presence in the body eventually leads to cancer.

Translations

one who initiates

Chinese:
Mandarin: 创办者，发起人
Dutch: initiator (nl) m
Finnish: alullepanija (fi)
French: initiateur (fr) m, iniatrice f

German: Initiator (de) m, Initiatorin f
Italian: iniziatore (it) m, iniziatrice (it) f
Japanese: 言い出しっ屁 (いいだしっぺ, iidashippe)
Russian: инициа́тор (ru) m (iniciátor), основополо́жник (ru) m (osnovopolóžnik)

chemistry: substance that initiates a chain reaction or polymerization

German: Initiator (de) m

computing: task (in a mainframe computer) that initiates multiple jobs

medicine: material whose presence in the body eventually leads to cancer

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Italian: iniziatore (it) m

Latin

Verb

initiātor

second-person singular future passive imperative of initiō
third-person singular future passive imperative of initiō

References

initiator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
initiator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
initiator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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