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▪ I. preprint, n.|ˈpriːprɪnt|
[pre- A. 2.]
Something printed in advance; a portion of a work printed and issued before the publication of the whole. Also attrib.
1889Academy 1 June 385/2 Dr. Charles Waldstein..has made arrangements with the American Journal of Archaeology..to issue these papers independently in a series of ‘preprints’. 1903Dial (Chicago) 1 Feb. 93/1 A preprint from the Decennial Publications of the University of Chicago... Other preprints in this series are as follows. 1929E. C. Bingham Some Defs. Rheology 1 This paper is issued in preprint form primarily to stimulate discussion. 1955J. A. Wheeler in Niels Bohr 174 A paper..seen in preprint form through the kindness of the authors. 1961D. J. Boorstin Image iv. 141 They [sc. scientists] now use the device of the ‘preprint’. This is a version of an article made available before its ‘publication’. 1970Nature 26 Dec. 1356/2 We can show how well connected we are by giving references to a large number of preprints.
▪ II. preˈprint, v.
[pre- A. 1.]
trans. To print in advance, spec. to print and issue (part of a work) before publication of the whole. Hence preˈprinted ppl. a.
1928E. D. P. Evans (title) Meaning of minster in place-names. (Preprinted from the Philological Society's Transactions, 1925–28, part I.) 1958Practical Wireless XXXIV. 72/2 It is provided with interchangeable paper on plastic shields which can be supplied either pre-printed or blank. 1964Economist 11 July 165/1 The answer has been preprinted colour gravure. 1965L. W. Beck Stud. Philos. Kant vii. 108 This paper..is preprinted here by kind permission. 1970A. Davidson Returns of Love ii. 21 You pick up the little card which pops out of the slot, knowing that it's been pre-printed. 1977It May 6/1 You can purchase books of 25 pre-printed slips at two pence per book. |