v
(construction) To pour concrete first and then stretch the reinforcing strands within it by means of jacks and anchorages.
adj
Partially or completely cooked in advance.
adj
Prior to inactivation; pertaining to the period before inactivation (of a ship, a filter, etc).
n
Assembly of a product in advance
adj
Packaged in a bag in advance.
adj
Breaded in advance, or at the time of manufacture.
adj
Browned in advance (as of packaged meat).
n
(surgery) A device for prechopping.
v
To drill through a substrate for the purpose of readying it for a second drilling, this time with the purpose of emplacing the desired input.
v
To grind something prior to use or assembly
n
(computing) A phase prior to initialization, when something is preinitialized.
v
To medicate beforehand, such as medicating before a surgical procedure.
n
A joint which has been preprepared by a cannabis vendor or dispensary.
v
(construction) To apply stress to structural components in order to produce a tension that counteracts the loads to which the component is subjected in its designed use.
n
concrete with stresses induced in it before use so as to counteract stresses that will be produced by load; often contains stretched steel bars or wires called tendons
v
To produce or to undergo prethermalization
v
To rinse something before washing it properly.
v
To wet (a surface) prior to some other operation
v
(signal processing, transitive) To modify (a data set) to make the samples statistically independent, analogous to white noise.
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