The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
The initial portion of some extended thing.
That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.
Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing.
The optional final part of a syllable, placed after its nucleus, and usually composed of one or more consonants.
In seismograms, the gradual return to baseline after a seismic event. The length of the coda can be used to estimate event magnitude, and the shape sometimes reveals details of subsurface structures.
A conclusion (of a statement or event, for example), final portion, tail end.
A passage that brings a movement or piece to a conclusion through prolongation.