initial count

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meaningsofinitialandcount

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initial
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/us
/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/
of or at ...
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count
noun
uk
/kaʊnt/us
/kaʊnt/
the act of counting, or the total number of ...
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(Definition ofinitialandcountfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinitial count

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Theinitialcountvalues are added to the observed counts of each pair in the training corpus.
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With aninitialcountof 50 men, it was soon raised with 100 men.
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A number of irregularities were identified during theinitialcount.
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The counter is preset to someinitialcountvalue, and counts down at each cycle of the clock signal.
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Some ballots that had not been included in theinitialcountwere found and included in the recount total.
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If that domino is a 64, 55, 50, 41, or 32, theinitialcountis evenly divisible by five and so the player scores.
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After losing theinitialcountby a few dozen votes, he demanded a recount and won the primary, by a few dozen votes.
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In this scenario, the ballot is primary and the electronic records are used only for aninitialcount.
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Delegates were not pledged or required to vote for certain candidates, so it was difficult to know what theinitialcountwould be for any candidate.
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Stokes led after theinitialcountby only 51 votes out of 35,000 cast, which was a narrow enough margin to trigger a manual recount.
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But these are initial counts only.
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