present participle of seize the initiative

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of seize the initiative

(historical) A system proposed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan on March 23, 1983, to use ground-based and space-based systems to protect the United States from attack by strategic nuclear ballistic missiles.

A ritual during which an initiate is admitted to an organization or given secret knowledge; sometimes contains one or more tests that have to be passed or endured

(genetics) A codon that signals the first amino acid to be used in the synthesis of the polypeptide chain of a protein; either AUG or GUG

(ecology) lay date. This has relevance to avian breeding habits.

In surveying, the point where the principal meridian crosses the baseline.

(category theory) An object within a category which sends out arrows to all other objects in that category, and such that each of these arrows is unique.

plural of clutch initiation

plural of initial point