preshifted

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adjective

Shifted in advance.

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Meanings

adjectivepreshifted (not comparable)
  1. not comparablecomputer graphicsShifted in advance.

    The images are preshifted, so that disparity is smaller than 1 pixel per camera displacement.

    2010, Tobias Schuchert, Plant Leaf Motion Estimation Using A 5D Affine Optical Flow Model, page 50
    2 more examples

    […] elaborate masking, XDRAWing, refreshing, bit-shifting, preshifted shape sequences, […]

    1983, InCider, volume 1

    Meanwhile, my good friend Bill Budge, an amazing Apple II games programmer, came up with an incredibly fast way to draw proportional text on the Apple II graphics screen using seven preshifted tables.

    2011, Andy Hertzfeld, Revolution in The Valley, page 47

Origin

From pre- + shifted.

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Cite this entry
APA

preshifted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preshifted

MLA

“preshifted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preshifted. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preshifted,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preshifted.

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