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/CH EH0 S/
noun
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    One of the Classical Chinese poetry forms

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    Initialism of cochlear implant. [A surgically implanted electronic device that can help provide a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf or severely hard of hearing.]

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    Initialism of competitive intelligence.

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    (software engineering) Initialism of continuous integration. [(software engineering) The practice of merging all branches to a shared mainline several times a day.]

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    (law enforcement) Initialism of confidential informant. [(law, law enforcement, criminology) An individual who secretly provides information to the police about wrongdoing which they are aware of due to the individual's relationship to the wrongdoer.]

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    Initialism of civil infraction.

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    Initialism of contextual inquiry. [A form of design research where the researcher observes a user doing their normal activities and discusses what is happening.]

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    Initialism of Companion, part of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India.

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    Initialism of corporate identity (โ€œa specific design of a company, to be applied in all public appearances to be clearly distinguishable from its competitorsโ€).

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    Initialism of creative industries.

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    (espionage) Initialism of counterintelligence. [counterespionage]

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    (law enforcement) Initialism of chief inspector, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.

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    (statistics) Initialism of confidence interval. [(statistics) A range defined such that there is a fixed probability that the value of the measured parameter will fall within the range.]

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    (linguistics) Initialism of comprehensible input. [(linguistics) Linguistic material that a language learner is able to understand at their current level.]

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    (baseball) Initialism of corner infielder. [(baseball) A player whose fielding position is in the corner infield (first base or third base).]

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    Initialism of cast iron. [A hard and brittle, but strong, alloy of iron, carbon, and silicon, formed by casting in a mould.]

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    (politics) Initialism of constitutional initiative.