Meanings
verbpreweight (third-person singular simple present preweights, present participle preweighting, simple past and past participle preweighted)
present singular third person preweights · participle present preweighting · participle past preweighted · past preweighted
- transitiveTo supply (an algorithm, etc.) with precalculated weights.
But since in Winston's work the programmer selects and preweights the primitives, his program gives us no idea how a computer could make this selection...
1981, John Haugeland, Mind design: philosophy, psychology, artificial intelligence
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“preweight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preweight. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preweight,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preweight.
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