initiation
noun/ɪˌnɪʃ.iˈeɪ.ʃən/
Etymology Borrowed from Middle French initiation, from Latin initiātiō. Morphologically initiate + -ion.
1
The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced.
- initiation into a society
- initiation into business
1 more example
- initiation into literature
2
The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized body; especially, the rite of admission into a secret society or order.
3
Chemistry, Natural sciences, Physical sciences The first step of transcription or of transduction.
- Antonyms
- conclusion, end
- Derived terms
- clutch initiation, initiational, initiation ceremony, initiation codon, lipoinitiation, noninitiation, overinitiation, photoinitiation, postinitiation, preinitiation, reinitiation, self-initiation
- Related terms
- initial, initiate, initiationism