predefined

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Etymology 1

From pre- +‎ defined.

Adjective

predefined (not comparable)

  1. Having been defined or established previously.
    • 1993, Mark Andrews, Visual C++ Object-oriented Programming, page 186:
      These new features are charizing, stringization, token concatenation, string concatenation, trigraph replacement, and predefined macros.
    • 2015 August 15, “Spatial and Temporal Control of Cavitation Allows High In Vitro Transfection Efficiency in the Absence of Transfection Reagents or Contrast Agents”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
      The cell / DNA mixtures were nucleoporated in 1 cm transfection cuvettes according to a predefined program on the Nucleofactor.
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Etymology 2

Verb

predefined

  1. simple past and past participle of predefine
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