predelineation

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English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ delineation.

Noun

predelineation (countable and uncountable, plural predelineations)

  1. Previous delineation.
  2. An obsolete theory that supposed the whole body to be predelineated at a small size in the spermatozoon.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for predelineation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)