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prelocate

verb

Etymology

From pre- + locate.

  1. borrowed from locātus
  2. prefixed as prelocate — “pre + locate”

Definitions

  1. To locate in advance.

    • Manufactured strain gage rosettes are now being used to prelocate the gages with respect to the proposed hole center.
    • Where sections are more than about 500 feet (152.5 m) apart, prelocate all cross sections on aerial photographs.
    • In addition, the green ventilation ducts which emerge at two points in the wall had to be cut into the mosaic, as it had not been possible to prelocate them.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA