Meanings
nounprediscoverer (plural prediscoverers)
plural prediscoverers
- One who prediscovers.
Murray Gell-Mann, prediscoverer of quarks, makes a similar point.
2002, Tom Siegfried, Strange Matters1 more example
While the auroral oval was not recognized at the time, Gordon Shepherd a former student and facutly member at the University of Saskatchewan has called Currie the "prediscoverer" of the auroral oval.
1985, Wilfried Schröder, International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy. Interdivisional Commission on History, Historical Events and People in Geosciences: Selected Papers (page 70)
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