单词 | pre-admission |
释义 | pre-admissionn.adj. A. n. Originally: spec. the admission of a certain amount of steam into the cylinder of a steam engine before the end of the inward piston stroke. Later more generally: admission beforehand. ΚΠ 1869 W. S. Auchincloss Pract. Applic. Slide Valve iii. 82 So far as preadmission alone is concerned, the lead opening should grow smaller on the approach towards the mid gear. 1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 502/1 The position of the crank at which preadmission occurs. 1913 C. Roberts & R. M. Smith Locomotive Operating 153 Pre-admission, owing to lead of the valve, is the admission of steam to the cylinder before the piston has completed its stroke. 1951 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 208 31 Pre-admission of water vapour to the unpacked cell did not appreciably affect the C2 rate. 2005 Law & Health Weekly (Nexis) 5 Mar. 231 The Resident database component allows for preadmission of prospective residents. B. adj. Prior to admission (to a university, hospital, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [adjective] > having quality of letting in > prior to admission pre-admission1930 1930 Jrnl. Higher Educ. 1 319/1 The many interesting details of the pre-admission advising program. 1954 Times 1 Oct. 4/7 Your leading article..tends to give the impression that the only alternatives to the use of reception-study centres are immediate long-term placement and pre-admission study at a clinic. 2003 U.S. News & World Rep. 21 July 77/1 In the mid-1990s, Walter Reed, like civilian hospitals, moved toward pre-admission tests, same-day surgery, and outpatient diagnosis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1869 |
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