preprint
noun[C]
(alsopre-print)uk/ˈpriː.prɪnt/us/ˈpriː.prɪnt/adocument,article, etc. that isavailablebefore it isofficiallypublished:
Thefollowingis a preprint of anarticlefor themagazine,dueto bepublishedin May.
He wasattendingameetingofphysicistswhen onepulledout the pre-print for aforthcomingpaperby Jones.
Publishing: printing & word processing
- 3-D printing
- backspace
- bed
- bold
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- boldfaced
- Braille
- compose
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- inline
- intaglio printing
- italic
- print run
- printed
- printing
- printing press
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- rubber stamp
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preprint
verb[T]
(alsopre-print)uk/ˌpriːˈprɪnt/us/ˌpriːˈprɪnt/toprintaletterorinformationon aform,label, etc. so that someone does not have to write it orfillit out themselves:
Enrolmentformsare preprinted for moststudentsbeforeenrolmenteachautumn.
The bank's "Switchers Kit"includespre-printedletterstohelpcustomerschangedirectdebtsandstandingorders.
to make aprintedcopyof adocument,article, etc.availablebefore it isofficiallypublished:
Pre-internetphysicshad atraditionof preprintingarticles.
toprintsomething before aparticulareventortime:
Theyproduceaminimalnumberofshirtsandwaittoseetheresultof thegame, but they would not say how manyshirtsare preprinted.
Publishing: printing & word processing
- 3-D printing
- backspace
- bed
- bold
- boldface
- boldfaced
- Braille
- compose
- indent
- indentation
- inline
- intaglio printing
- italic
- print run
- printed
- printing
- printing press
- printout
- rubber stamp
- stamp