Postform
adj, noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 An item in its final version after a manufacturing or engineering process.
"In the first operation, it was attempted to bulge the postform in one bulge and the strain capability of the material was exceeded resulting in rupture of the vessel."
- 2 A form that is designed to be filled out and sent through the mail.
"If you'd like to comment on this piece please send your comments using the postform below."
- 3 The form or version something has after a process completes.
"Dekel and Sahni [DS1] and Bar-on and Vishkin [BV] proposed parallel algorithms for transforming arithmetic expressions to postform and treeform."
- 4 A form that is filled out after the completion of something.
"The postforms were completed six weeks after counseling was concluded."
- 1 To shape or mold as a final stage of construction.
"Polyester laminates which are made with woven fabric fillers postform much more satisfactorily than do paper base laminates."
- 1 Pertaining to the process of postforming.
"With the help and encouragement of the Formica people, they developed much of their postform equipment and expanded their operations."
Example
More examples"Polyester laminates which are made with woven fabric fillers postform much more satisfactorily than do paper base laminates."
Etymology
From post- + form.
From post + form.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.