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precoveries

precoveries is the plural of precovery.

Meaning of precovery

Noun

precovery (plural precoveries)

  1. The use of previously gathered data (especially photographic images) to recover a recently discovered object (typically a small solar system body).
    • If you look for your new object after discovery, it's called "recovery". [...] if you find your new object in some old data that someone took before you discovered your object, it's called a "precovery".
  2. (slang) The act of resting before a long night, weekend or season of binge drinking.

Questions about precoveries

What is precoveries the plural of?
Precoveries is the plural of precovery.

Words near precoveries in the dictionary

  1. precourses
  2. precoursing
  3. precourtship
  4. precover
  5. precovered
  6. precoveries
  7. precovering
  8. precovers
  9. precovery
  10. precox
  11. precoxa

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Adapted from Wiktionary: precoveries (page history and authors); precovery (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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