Preseed

//pɹiːˈsiːd// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A medium specially prepared for a seeding operation.

    "The preseed is then transferred aseptically to 20-liter seed tanks [....]"

Verb
  1. 1
    To seed in advance.

    "[…] I loaned them the valve that they used to seed the clouds or preseed them with liquid nitrate solution […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Before a seeding or seed stage of development.

    "Increases in one experiment ranged from 10 to 200 times the preseed rainfall from the individual clouds, [....]"

Example

More examples

"[…] I loaned them the valve that they used to seed the clouds or preseed them with liquid nitrate solution […]"

Etymology

From pre- + seed.

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