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pretrigger

pretrigger adjective: prior to the activation of a trigger.

Adjective

pretrigger (not comparable)

  1. Prior to the activation of a trigger.

Noun

pretrigger (plural pretriggers)

  1. A short pulse issued in advance of a longer one

Forms of pretrigger

pluralpretriggers

Origin of pretrigger

From pre- + trigger.

Questions about pretrigger

What does pretrigger mean?
Pretrigger means prior to the activation of a trigger.
What part of speech is pretrigger?
Pretrigger can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near pretrigger in the dictionary

  1. pretribulation
  2. pretribulationism
  3. pretribulationist
  4. pretribulationists
  5. pretrigeminal
  6. pretrigger
  7. pretriggered
  8. pretriggers
  9. pretrim
  10. pretrimmed
  11. pretrimming

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