Synonyms for inceptive


Grammar : Adj
Spell : in-sep-tiv
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈsɛp tɪv

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Définition of inceptive

Origin :
  • 1650s, from French inceptif (16c.), from Latin incept-, past participle stem of incipere "to begin" (see inception).
  • adj beginning
Example sentences :
  • What is the value of an inceptive axis with relation to the unity of a design?
  • Extract from : « Industrial Arts Design » by William H. Varnum
  • Where should the point of concentration be located upon the inceptive axis?
  • Extract from : « Industrial Arts Design » by William H. Varnum
  • These usually have Inchoative or Inceptive meaning (see 155, 1).
  • Extract from : « New Latin Grammar » by Charles E. Bennett
  • This author looks upon circumcision as of purely climatic origin in its inceptive causes.
  • Extract from : « History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present » by Peter Charles Remondino
  • How should the units be drawn to be in harmony with the inceptive axis, the contours, and to each other?
  • Extract from : « Industrial Arts Design » by William H. Varnum
  • State the relation between the point of concentration and the inceptive axis.
  • Extract from : « Industrial Arts Design » by William H. Varnum
  • In the foregoing examples the designs are more or less rigidly balanced over the inceptive axis or axis of symmetry.
  • Extract from : « Industrial Arts Design » by William H. Varnum
  • It is only necessary to have this inceptive axis pass through the enrichment zone of the panel.
  • Extract from : « Industrial Arts Design » by William H. Varnum
  • Figure 206 shows a design varied from formal balance over a central axis of symmetry or an inceptive axis.
  • Extract from : « Industrial Arts Design » by William H. Varnum
  • Note how the center line of both units in Figures 225 and 226 coincides with the inceptive axis of the structure.
  • Extract from : « Industrial Arts Design » by William H. Varnum
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