Precorrect

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To correct (remove systemic errors) before another operation

    "Unlike [4], we used standardized data and did not precorrect the systematic effects from the data."

Example

More examples

"Unlike [4], we used standardized data and did not precorrect the systematic effects from the data."

Etymology

From pre- + correct.

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