单词 | prepattern |
释义 | > as lemmasprepattern prepattern v. Brit. /(ˌ)priːˈpatn/ , U.S. /ˌpriˈpædərn/ ΚΠ 1644 J. Vicars Jehovah-jireh 93 The great work intended, and..pre-patterned as aforesaid. 1899 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 4 538 In this development of the nervous system conformably to its germ is pre-patterned also the psychical life of the creature. 2005 Electronic Engin. Times (Nexis) 23 May 1 Leave the design rules constant and gain speed by designing better nanowires with which to prepattern wafers. prepattern prepattern n. Brit. /ˈpriːpatn/ , U.S. /ˈpriˌpædərn/ a pre-existing pattern; (Embryology) a genetically determined pattern which governs the development of an embryo.ΚΠ 1940 K. Young Personality xvii. 439 ‘Just getting by’ in school perhaps is after all a prepattern for that same attitude and level of performance later in life. 1956 C. Stern in Arch. f. Entwicklungsmechanik 149 2 In other words, a ‘prepattern’ must anticipate and condition the appearance of the observed pattern of bristles. 1988 Sci. Amer. Mar. 62/2 Each observed coat pattern is thought to reflect an underlying chemical prepattern. 1999 Nature 25 Mar. 302/3 Genetic analysis is also revealing how prepatterns are laid down, as Coen illustrates by describing..the development of segmentation in Drosophila. < as lemmas |
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