"preweight" meaning in All languages combined

See preweight on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: preweights [present, singular, third-person], preweighting [participle, present], preweighted [participle, past], preweighted [past]
Etymology: pre- + weight Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|weight}} pre- + weight Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-preweight-en-verb-h33ETQjZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pre-

Inflected forms

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