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What does ab initio mean?

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Adverb
  1. (law) From the time when a legal document comes into force. [Early 17th century.]
  2. (sciences) Calculated from first principles, i.e. from basic laws without any further additional assumptions.
  3. (of an academic course) Taken with no prior qualifications.
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The latter should not have to devote excessive amounts of time to consider each application ab initio.
Because the Member originally assigned to the investigation has since died, the Committee has had to resume its investigation ab initio.
On this basis, no question of avoidance ab initio would arise.
The corrected text replaces the defective text ab initio, unless the signatory States and the contracting States otherwise decide.
It is likely that the ab initio approaches will help reduce some of the limitations of comparative modeling.
Meanwhile at Southampton, another Russell Group institution with a languages focus, ab initio courses are longer established.

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