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(prē'fôrm') pronunciation

tr.v., -formed, -form·ing, -forms.

To shape or form beforehand.
To determine the shape or form of beforehand.

An object that has been subjected to preliminary, usually incomplete shaping or molding before undergoing complete or final processing.
Linguistics. A reconstructed ancestral word or form.

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Preform may refer to:

Optical fiber#Preform, a piece of glass used to draw an optical fiber
Lithic reduction#Preform, an incomplete and unused basic form of a stone tool
Solder#Preform, a specially designed shape of solder
Brazing#Preform, a high quality, precision metal stamping used for a variety of joining applications

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - forudforme

Nederlands (Dutch)
van te voren vormen

Français (French)
v. tr. - préformer
n. - préformation

Deutsch (German)
v. - vorbilden
n. - Vorformling, anhand späterer Formen rekonstruierte Sprachform

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - προδιαμορφώνω
n. - αρχική διαμόρφωση

Italiano (Italian)
preformare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - preformar
n. - preformação (f)

Русский (Russian)
формировать заранее

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - preformar
n. - forma previa

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - forma på förhand
n. - preform

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
预先形成

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 預先形成

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 미리 형성하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 前もって形成する
n. - 予備的形成品

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يكون مسبقا (الاسم) سبق فكون‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮יצר/עיצב מראש (או לפני המשך הייצור)‬

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