preprint

[ noun pree-print; verb pree-print ]

noun

1. an advance printing, printing, usually of a portion of a book or of an article in a periodical.

verb (used with object)

1. to print for future use.
2. to print a preprint.

Word History and Origins

Origin of preprint¹

First recorded in 1885–90; pre- + print

Example Sentences

In a preprint published earlier this year, Pennsylvania State University data scientist Sarah Rajtmajer and her colleagues followed more than 7500 academics who used Mastodon from just after Musk acquired Twitter until 1 year later.

From Science Magazine

The company also asked the authors to release the manuscript on a preprint server, a website where scientists can post preliminary findings.

From Los Angeles Times

A 2023 preprint paper from researchers at Stanford, the University of Washington, and Trinity College found that patents for A.I. surveillance technology multiplied fivefold between the 1990s and the 2010s, and that there are now more than 23,000 patents for A.I. surveillance tools in the country.

From Slate

The findings were publicly released as a preprint — research that has not been peer reviewed — on the website of Drug Checking Los Angeles and have been submitted to medRxiv, a website where scientists share preliminary findings.

From Los Angeles Times

The company has also asked the authors to release the manuscript on a preprint server, a website where scientists can post preliminary findings.

From Los Angeles Times

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