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predefined

predefined adjective: having been defined or established previously. Also the simple past and past participle of predefine.

Adjective

predefined (not comparable)

  1. Having been defined or established previously.
    • These new features are charizing, stringization, token concatenation, string concatenation, trigraph replacement, and predefined macros.1993, Mark Andrews, Visual C++ Object-oriented Programming, page 186
    • The cell / DNA mixtures were nucleoporated in 1 cm transfection cuvettes according to a predefined program on the Nucleofactor.2015 August 15, “Spatial and Temporal Control of Cavitation Allows High In Vitro Transfection Efficiency in the Absence of Transfection Reagents or Contrast Agents”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Also used as

predefined is also the simple past and past participle of predefine.

Forms of predefined

alternative formpre-defined

Origin of predefined

From pre- + defined.

Words formed from predefined

Phrases with predefined

Questions about predefined

What does predefined mean?
Predefined means having been defined or established previously.
What part of speech is predefined?
Predefined is an adjective.

Words near predefined in the dictionary

  1. prededucted
  2. prededucting
  3. prededucts
  4. predefection
  5. predefine
  6. predefined
  7. predefined function
  8. predefined functions
  9. predefines
  10. predefining
  11. predefinition

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