preliminary design
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpreliminaryanddesign
These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withdesign.
preliminary
adjective[before noun]
uk/prɪˈlɪm.ɪ.nər.i/us/prɪˈlɪm.ə.ner.i/
coming before a more important action or event, especially introducing or preparing ...
See more atpreliminary
design
noun
uk/dɪˈzaɪn/us/dɪˈzaɪn/
a drawing or set of drawings showing how a building or product is to be made and how it will work ...
See more atdesign
(Definition ofpreliminaryanddesignfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofpreliminary design
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Preliminarydesignsupport system based on a generic under-constraint solving technique.
From theCambridge English Corpus
We wanted to provide useable knowledge of the production functions to the designer for evaluation in conceptual and earlypreliminarydesign.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Some of the common stages of product design are requirements analysis,preliminarydesign, detailed design, geometric modeling, simulation, optimization, embodiment, prototype testing, manufacturing and assembly.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The work concerns thepreliminarydesignof gas turbine engine cooling hole geometries.
From theCambridge English Corpus
None were meant to be utilized during the aircraft conceptual or earlypreliminarydesignstages to improve an aircraft system's economic viability.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This information is determinant for correctpreliminarydesign, and the generation of solid foundation and a common reference to specific design tasks.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Another aspect of this approach relates to designer confidence in thepreliminarydesignmodels being utilized.
From theCambridge English Corpus
There must be a conceptual andpreliminarydesignof the project so that impacts can be anticipated.
From theCambridge English Corpus
We had to move quickly, as thepreliminarydesignwas already under way.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The message is transferred to thepreliminarydesignagent in which the redesign process is carried out.
From theCambridge English Corpus
There have been a number of applications of optimization to the different aspect of the ships atpreliminarydesignstage.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In addition, the developed methodology is for thepreliminarydesignstage within the design process.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Integrating the genetic algorithm with thepreliminarydesignof gas turbine cooling systems.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Entirely machine-based evolutionary conceptual 0preliminarydesignprocesses are not suggested here nor are they considered currently viable.
From theCambridge English Corpus
However, the key to making process trades during conceptual and earlypreliminarydesignis to develop and link a bottom-up cost model into the evaluation procedure.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Although they are neither the longest nor the most expensive, the conceptual andpreliminarydesignphases are crucial because the solution is conceived during this period.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It is envisaged that a realisticpreliminarydesignmodel of the system will involve several more layers of discrete0continuous variable parameters with a corresponding significant increase in chromosome length.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofpreliminary
Go to the definition ofdesign
See other collocations withdesign