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postshot

postshot adjective: after a shot is taken (as in golf, snooker, etc.).

Adjective

postshot (not comparable)

  1. After a shot is taken (as in golf, snooker, etc.).
    • “Most golfers have a preshot routine but need a postshot routine, too.2009 June 29, Bill Pennington, “The Key Is to Relax, Visualize and Refrain From Felony Assault”, in New York Times
  2. After drinking a shot of alcohol.
    • After a postshot round of beers, the mechanical bull started up.2011, Tucker Max, I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell, →ISBN
  3. After an explosion (such as a nuclear test, fracking, etc.)
    • All the rock types showed a general postshot decrease in compressive strength.1964, Geological Society of America, Abstracts for 1963: Abstracts of papers submitted for six meetings with which the Society was associated, →ISBN, page 94
    • Postshot production tests show no improvement in the West Virginia wells, and an increase in production rate in the Devonian shale well, although the postshot rate is only approximately 50 Mcf/day.1995, Bill Linville, Enhancement of Recovery of Oil and Gas, page 1975
  4. After shooting a device, such as a laser, camera, etc.
    • The experimental arrangement allows preshot and postshot microscopy of the entrance surface, and minor damage can be detected on even a structured surface.1984, Harold Earl Bennett, Laser induced damage in optical materials, 1982, page 158
    • Image review – Turns the camera's postshot automatic image review on or off.2013, Darrell Young, Mastering the Nikon, →ISBN, page 600
  5. After a photo shoot or filming session.
    • Kate enjoyed the postshot celebration, but after an hour of chatting and grazing the sandwich buffet, fatigue hit hard.2013, Mary Jo Putney, Stirring the Embers (The Starting Over Series, Book 1), →ISBN
  6. After a state or configuration has been captured.
    • It remains to show that the resulting snapshot is feasible, i.e., that each postshot (basic) message is received in a postshot event.2000, Gerard Tel, Introduction to Distributed Algorithms, →ISBN, page 342
  7. After an injection.

Origin of postshot

From post- + shot.

Questions about postshot

What does postshot mean?
Postshot means after a shot is taken (as in golf, snooker, etc.).
What part of speech is postshot?
Postshot is an adjective.

Words near postshot in the dictionary

  1. postsexist
  2. postsexual
  3. postshelter
  4. postshield
  5. postshock
  6. postshot
  7. postshow
  8. postshower
  9. postsimulation
  10. postsingularity
  11. postsinusoidal

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