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Discover LudwigThe phrase "an initial time" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the first instance or occurrence of something in a sequence or process.
Example: "At an initial time, we will conduct a survey to gather feedback from participants."
Alternatives: "a preliminary time" or "the first instance".
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Wednesday's tie-breaker starts with four rapid games, with an initial time limit of 25 minutes per player.
The parties wish to reduce systemic risk in the banking system and will establish an independent commission to investigate the complex issue of separating retail and investment banking in a sustainable way; while recognising that this would take time to get right, the commission will be given an initial time frame of one year to report.
Was the "rapid" playoff – four quick games with an initial time limit of 25 minutes per player, with the threat of even faster "blitz" and "Armageddon" games to follow – really an appropriate way to decide the recent world chess championship final in New York, where Magnus Carlsen defeated Sergey Karjakin?
We assume that the number of vehicles on each link at an initial time equals zero.
The meteorological fields of the JMA-GSM forecast with an initial time of 21JST October 7, 2016 are used.
The magnitude of the vaccination control function at such an initial time instant is larger as smaller the parameter ε is.
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When allocating error variances to observatory series, residuals from smooth fits to individual series, or from an initial time-dependent global field model prediction, have sometimes been considered.
Following an initial timed wash with buffer A, peptides were eluted using a linear gradient from 5 80% buffer B over a 30 min interval.
Medium-long baseline RTK positioning generally needs a long initial time to find an accurate position due to non-negligible atmospheric delay residual.
The bearing capacity Q at time t after the end of driving is contributed to an anticipated initial time, also called reference time t o, and initial pile capacity Q o.
In this procedure, there is a possible circularity because a guess initial time t 0 G is indirectly needed.
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