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preform

/priˈfɔrm/ /ˌpriˈfɔrm/

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noun

Preforma

An object that has undergone preliminary shaping but is not yet in its final form.

Examples :

"The plastic bottle manufacturer creates a small, tube-shaped preform that is then heated and blown into the final bottle shape. "

El fabricante de botellas de plástico crea una preforma pequeña en forma de tubo que luego se calienta y se sopla en la forma final de la botella.

material technical process industry

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noun

Preforma

The rough, incomplete and unused basic form of a stone tool.

Examples :

"The archaeologist carefully brushed away the dirt, revealing a flint preform, evidence that early humans had been working on a tool at this very spot. "

El arqueólogo cepilló cuidadosamente la tierra, revelando una preforma de pedernal, evidencia de que los primeros humanos habían estado trabajando en una herramienta en este mismo lugar.

archaeology material

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noun

Una palabra que ya no se usa, pero que ha sido reconstruida a partir de las actuales

A word that is no longer in use, but has been reconstructed from current ones.

Examples :

"The linguist speculated that "helpen," meaning "helper," might be a preform of the modern word "help," suggesting a past where nouns and verbs weren't so strictly separated. "

El lingüista especuló que "helpen", que significa "ayudante", podría ser una preforma de la palabra moderna "help", lo que sugiere un pasado en el que los sustantivos y los verbos no estaban tan estrictamente separados.

grammar linguistics word

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verb

Preformar, dar forma previa

To shape something before some other operation.

Examples :

"Before blowing the glass, the artist must preform it into a small, rounded shape. "

Antes de soplar el vidrio, el artista debe preformarlo en una forma pequeña y redondeada.

process technical industry machine function