Meanings
predefined1
adjectivepredefined (not comparable)
alternative pre-defined
- not comparableHaving been defined or established previously.
The cell / DNA mixtures were nucleoporated in 1 cm transfection cuvettes according to a predefined program on the Nucleofactor.
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, →DOI1 more example
These new features are charizing, stringization, token concatenation, string concatenation, trigraph replacement, and predefined macros.
1993, Mark Andrews, Visual C++ Object-oriented Programming, page 186
predefined2
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
- Proto-Italic*prai
- Proto-Italic*prai-
- Latinprae-
- Middle Englishpre-
- Englishpre-
- Englishdefined
- Englishpredefined
Translations
Bulgarian предопределе́н
- предопределе́н (predopredelén)having been defined previously
Dutch voorgedefinieerd
- voorgedefinieerdhaving been defined previously
Finnish ennalta määrätty
- ennalta määrättyhaving been defined previously
French prédéfini
- prédéfinihaving been defined previously
German vordefiniert, voreingestellt
- vordefinierthaving been defined previously
- voreingestellthaving been defined previously
- vorgegebenhaving been defined previously
Italian predefinito
- predefinitohaving been defined previously
Cite this entry
APA
predefined. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/predefined
MLA
“predefined.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/predefined. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “predefined,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/predefined.
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