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pretransitional

pretransitional adjective: prior to a transition.

Adjective

pretransitional (not comparable)

  1. Prior to a transition.
  2. Describing the temperature at which the orientations of an isotropic liquid crystal diverge

Origin of pretransitional

From pre- + transitional.

Questions about pretransitional

What does pretransitional mean?
Pretransitional means prior to a transition.
What part of speech is pretransitional?
Pretransitional is an adjective.

Words near pretransitional in the dictionary

  1. pretransformed
  2. pretransforming
  3. pretransforms
  4. pretransfusion
  5. pretransition
  6. pretransitional
  7. pretranslation
  8. pretranslational
  9. pretranslations
  10. pretranslator
  11. pretranslators

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