Preseed
//pɹiːˈsiːd// adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A medium specially prepared for a seeding operation.
"The preseed is then transferred aseptically to 20-liter seed tanks [....]"
Verb
- 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 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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