predelineation

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ delineation.

Noun

predelineation (countable and uncountable, plural predelineations)

  1. Previous delineation.[1]
  2. (historical, biology) An obsolete theory that supposed the whole body to be predelineated at a small size in the spermatozoon.

References

  1. ^ “predelineation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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