"premeasurement" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: premeasurements [plural]
Etymology: pre- + measurement Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|measurement}} pre- + measurement Head templates: {{en-noun}} premeasurement (plural premeasurements)
  1. measurement before some other operation
    Sense id: en-premeasurement-en-noun-Hm5X5eBy
  2. (physics) The preparation of a system for obtaining a desired result, typically the confinement of an object system in a small but macroscopic region of space-time. Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-premeasurement-en-noun-AQ2s~gAo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pre- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 26 74 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: premeasure

Inflected forms

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