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precovers

precovers is the plural of precover.

Meaning of precover

Noun

precover (plural precovers)

  1. A generalization of a cover in which the kernel may contain a non-zero pure subgroup.
  2. Something that occurs in preparation for a covering.
    • Zineb did not give good control as a precover spray but as a cover spray it gave excellent control of late and storage scab.1957, Canada Dept. of Agriculture Research Station, Kentville, N. S., Research Report, page 19

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Questions about precovers

What is precovers the plural of?
Precovers is the plural of precover.

Words near precovers in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: precovers (page history and authors); precover (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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