predrop

alternative pre-drop

1. not comparableExisting or happening before a drop.

   However, in the latter half of the fifth month the dropper's prices returned to the predrop level.

   1970, John K. Ryans, James H. Donnelly, John M. Ivancevich, New Dimensions in Retailing: a Decision Oriented Approach, page 251

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   A photograph of the test area showing the flexible bottom model in the predrop position is shown in figure 5. The models were held in the predrop position by an aircraft bomb release.

   1969, United States. National Aeronautics, Space Administration, NASA Technical Note, page 4

   Instead, the data were interpreted in terms of the observed difference between the predrop standard gravity test and the reduced gravity test.

   1970, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Fluids Engineering Division, American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Heat Transfer Division, The Role of nucleation in boiling and cavitation: symposium presented at Joint Fluids Engineering, Heat Transfer and Lubrication Conference, Detroit, Michigan, May 26-27, 1970, page 82

plural predrops · alternative pre-drop

1. A relatively short drop on a rollercoaster track, before the tallest drop.