predefined

predefined

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Etymology 1

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Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?
Proto-Italic *prai
Proto-Italic *prai-
Latin prae-lbor.
Middle English pre-
English pre-
English defined
English predefined

    From pre- + defined.

    Adjective

    predefined (not comparable)

    1. Having been defined or established previously.
      • 1993, Mark Andrews, Visual C++ Object-oriented Programming, page 186:
        These new features are charizing, stringization, token concatenation, string concatenation, trigraph replacement, and predefined macros.
      • 2015 August 15, “Spatial and Temporal Control of Cavitation Allows High In Vitro Transfection Efficiency in the Absence of Transfection Reagents or Contrast Agents”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
        The cell / DNA mixtures were nucleoporated in 1 cm transfection cuvettes according to a predefined program on the Nucleofactor.
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    Etymology 2

    Verb

    predefined

    1. simple past and past participle of predefine
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