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  • adjective specified in advance.

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pre- +‎ specified

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Examples

  • Connectionist models of language processing show that it is possible to abstract grammatical information from the surface features of text: “The networks move from processing frequency relations between mere surface regularities to representing something more abstract, without this being built in as a prespecified syntactic or other linguistic contraint” (N. Ellis ibid.)

    X is for X-bar Theory « An A-Z of ELT 2010

  • This process is more like water filling all the paths of a maze than taking just the turns necessary to reach a prespecified goal.

    Darwin Strips Reality of Purpose? 2008

  • Such performances are not prespecified and inflexible routines.

    David Hartley Allen, Richard 2009

  • The TEAS Plus form limits the description of the product or service being identified by the mark to prespecified descriptions and corresponding classes.

    Trademarking "Octomom." Ann Althouse 2009

  • The eligibility for such insurance coverage and the terms and condition of the indemnification would be analyzed and prespecified.

    Archive 2007-04-01 2007

  • The eligibility for such insurance coverage and the terms and condition of the indemnification would be analyzed and prespecified.

    Literary Warrant [7] 2007

  • There is one measure that gives this result for the APPROVe data, but it is not the one prespecified in the study.

    Eighteen Inflated MonthsWhy The Vioxx Correction Matters 2006

  • The tone of this argument: (feedback regarding proximity to target) clearly indicates that Dembski (…err… naively?) assumes that an evolving population is aiming for a prespecified goal!

    Vacuity of ID: Comments on Irreducible Complexity - The Panda's Thumb 2006

  • Why does the rejection region have to be “prespecified,” or specified in advance of the sample being taken?

    As others see them - The Panda's Thumb 2005

  • Why does the rejection region have to be “prespecified,” or specified in advance of the sample being taken?

    As others see them - The Panda's Thumb 2005

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