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preweight

preweight verb: to supply (an algorithm, etc.) with precalculated weights.

Verb

preweight (third-person singular simple present preweights, present participle preweighting, simple past and past participle preweighted)

  1. (transitive) To supply (an algorithm, etc.) with precalculated weights.
    • But since in Winston's work the programmer selects and preweights the primitives, his program gives us no idea how a computer could make this selection...1981, John Haugeland, Mind design: philosophy, psychology, artificial intelligence

Forms of preweight

third-person singular presentpreweights
present participlepreweighting
past participlepreweighted
pastpreweighted

Origin of preweight

From pre- + weight.

Questions about preweight

What does preweight mean?
Preweight means to supply (an algorithm, etc.) with precalculated weights.
What part of speech is preweight?
Preweight is a verb.
What is the past tense of preweight?
The past tense of preweight is preweighted.

Words near preweight in the dictionary

  1. preweanling
  2. preweanlings
  3. prewedding
  4. preweigh
  5. preweighed
  6. preweight
  7. preweighted
  8. preweighting
  9. preweights
  10. prewelding
  11. prewelfare

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