† precastingn.1
Obsolete. rare.
Forecasting, prediction.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > anticipation, forecast > [noun]
forecastinga1529
foreguessing1548
prevening1557
prejudice1560
prolepsis1578
foredeeming1587
forestalment1611
forestalling1641
forethought1653
anticipation1711
pre-empting1857
precasting1863
second-guessing1946
1863 H. Jennings Rosicrucians I. 257 The conviction that their divulgement [of future events], as the precasting of God's purposes..is disallowed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
precastingn.2
/priːˈkɑːstɪŋ/, /priːˈkastɪŋ/, U.S. /priˈkæstɪŋ/ The action or process of making an object by casting before moving it to its desired location.
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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > [noun] > assembly > manufacture or use of prefabricated parts
Meccano1928
prefabrication1932
precasting1938
1938 C. E. Reynolds Concrete Constr. xi. 484 Where unskilled labour and only a minimum of supervision are available pre-casting may allow the manufacture of the members to be localised and carried out under more convenient conditions.
1975 M. Russell Murder by Mile viii. 84 On-site moulding..had been thought preferable... ‘But pre-casting might have been quicker?’
1991 Highways & Transportation Aug. 9/1 Precasting means full control of cross-sections, from 200mm by 200mm, right up to 400mm square.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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