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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -preform-, *preform*
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WordNet (3.0)
preform(v) form into a shape resembling the final, desired one
preform(v) form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehand
preformation(n) a theory (popular in the 18th century and now discredited) that an individual develops by simple enlargement of a tiny fully formed organism (a homunculus) that exists in the germ cell, Syn. theory of preformation

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Preform

v. t. [ L. praeformare. See Pre-, and Form. ] To form beforehand, or for special ends. “Their natures and preformed faculties. ” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Preformation

n. (Biol.) An old theory of the preëxistence of germs. Cf. Emboîtement. [ 1913 Webster ]

Preformative

n. A formative letter at the beginning of a word. M. Stuart. [ 1913 Webster ]

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary
前成説[ぜんせいせつ, zenseisetsu] (n) (See 後成説) preformation (theory) [Add to Longdo]

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