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preform
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Preform may refer to: Optical fiber#Preform , a piece of glass used to draw an optical fiber Lithic reduction#Preform , an incomplete and unused basic form of a stone tool Solder#Preform , a specially designed shape of solder Brazing#Preform , a high quality, ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 An object that has undergone preliminary shaping but is not yet in its final form. 2 (context archaeology English) The rough, incomplete and unused basic form of a stone tool. 3 (context linguistics English) A word that is no longer in use, but has ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Preform \Pre*form"\, v. t. [L. praeformare. See Pre- , and Form .] To form beforehand, or for special ends. ``Their natures and preformed faculties. '' --Shak.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. form into a shape resembling the final, desired one form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehand
Usage examples of preform.
One by one, he made a supply of preforms, most of which went into his pack for future use.
Floating downwards towards the newly-dug trench and the bed of gravel on which it was to rest was the ponderous and massive form of a preformed tunnel section.
Deer within deer within deer, all Preformed, through the female lineage.
At the very least, she could expect a fair hearing, free from preformed suspicions like she faced down here.
Tranto, glowing with the energy of the strange attractors he had consumed, was enthusiastic about shoving the piles of broken building materials from side to side, heaping marble on cinder block, plaster on preformed plastics.
Droog looked at the core again, turned it, and struck off another small chip to form a platform, opposite to the end of the previous striking platform, then removed a second preformed flake.
A rather thick flake fell away, having the same shape as the preformed oval top, and an edge that was razor sharp.
We design and perform an experiment, or make observations, according to a preformed set of ideas or concepts in our mind.
Tranto, glowing with the energy of the strange attrac-tors he had consumed, was enthusiastic about shoving the piles of broken building materials from side to side, heaping marble on cinder block, plaster on preformed plastics.
My bathroom is one of those preformed fiberglass units with everything molded into it, including a towel bar, a soap holder, and a cutout for a window that looks out at the street.
Below the hill the valley was a lake of flame as Bill Johnson climbed toward the cottage some two hundred yards from the little group of preformed buildings he had left behind.
I am wrong I freely admit it, and now I admit that the technique of preforming and sinking tunnel sections is not as dangerous as normally assumed and is indeed faster as you have proven.
One by one, he made a supply of preforms, most of which went into his pack for future use.
The cleaners know what I like --Stouffer's frozen dinners, especially that boil-in-the-bag stuff they call creamed chipped beef and Ma always called shit on a shingle, frozen strawberries, whole milk, preformed hamburger patties that you just have to slap in a hot frying pan (I hate playing with raw meat), Dole puddings, the ones that come in plastic cups (bad for my complexion but I love em), ordinary food like that.
Our supporters and decriers will accept or reject different portions of your accounts depending on their preformed conception of our motives and activities.