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Initial speed
The object's speed at the start of the time interval or measured section being considered, measured in m/s.
Initial speed
The speed of an object at the beginning of the interval being considered, represented by .
Initial value
The amount present when the number of elapsed time periods is zero.
Initial velocity
The velocity at the beginning of the period of motion being considered, represented by .
Initial velocity
The velocity at the start of the time interval being considered, represented by .
Initial velocity
The velocity at the start of the time interval being considered.
Initiation
A ceremony marking entry into a community or a new stage of life, such as the transition from childhood to adulthood.
Initiation
Entry into a religious community and its life; Baptism initiates a person into the Christian Church.
Injection moulding
A manufacturing process that forces molten thermoplastic under pressure into a closed mould, where it cools into a separate component.
Injil
The original Gospel revealed by Allah to Isa, distinguished in Islam from the four Gospels in the Christian New Testament.
Injunction
A court order requiring someone to carry out or stop a particular action.
Injunction
A court order requiring someone to do something or stop doing something.
Injury prevention
Measures taken to reduce the risk of physical harm or damage to the body during training or participation.
Injustice
Unfair treatment or an outcome that fails to give someone what they deserve, such as punishing an innocent person.
Injustice
Unfair treatment, including the denial or violation of people’s rights.
Injustice
A lack of fairness that may involve a violation of someone’s rights.
Inkatha
A movement founded by Mangosuthu Buthelezi in 1975, drawing strongly on Zulu nationalism and his position in KwaZulu. It became the Inkatha Freedom Party in 1990.
Ink jet card
Smooth card treated for inkjet printing so that printed ink dries quickly, commonly used for high-quality photographs.
Inlay
Decoration made by setting a different material, such as a stone or another metal, into an object's surface.
In medias res
An opening that begins in the middle of the action rather than explaining the events that led to it.
In medias res
Beginning in the middle of an action or situation rather than showing its full introduction.
In-migration
Movement into a place to settle there, including movement from elsewhere within the same country.
Innate
Existing in a person from birth rather than being learned.
Innate
Inborn rather than learned through experience.
Innate behaviour
A behaviour that develops without needing to be learned.
Inner city
The older urban area around a city’s central business district, often containing a mixture of housing and former industrial land.
Inner core
The solid central part of the Earth's core, composed mainly of iron and nickel.
Inner function
The function applied first in a nested expression. In , the inner function is .
Inner structure
A selection structure or loop contained within another structure.
Innovation
Introducing a new idea, product or way of doing things, or improving an existing one.
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