onset
- Noun. A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.
- Noun. (medicine) The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent.
- Noun. (phonology) The initial portion of a syllable, preceding the syllable nucleus.
- Noun. (acoustics) The beginning of a musical note or other sound, in which the amplitude rises from zero to an initial peak.
- Noun. (obsolete) A setting about; a beginning.
- Noun. (obsolete) Anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage.
- Verb. (obsolete) To assault; to set upon.
- Verb. (obsolete) To set about; to begin.
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