prestack

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adjective

Before stacking, in the context of seismic migration.

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Meanings

adjectiveprestack (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBefore stacking, in the context of seismic migration.
nounprestack (plural prestacks)

plural prestacks

  1. category theoryThe category c is called a prestack over a category C with a Grothendieck topology if it is fibered over C and for any object U of C and objects x, y of c with image U, the functor from objects over U to sets taking F:V→U to Hom(F*x,F*y) is a sheaf.

Origin

From pre- + stack.

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APA

prestack. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prestack

MLA

“prestack.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prestack. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prestack,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prestack.

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