prelocate

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ locate.

Verb

prelocate (third-person singular simple present prelocates, present participle prelocating, simple past and past participle prelocated)

1. (transitive) To locate in advance.
   • 1967, Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.), Annual Report, page 82:

     Manufactured strain gage rosettes are now being used to prelocate the gages with respect to the proposed hole center.

   • 1979, Donald L. Brakensiek, Field manual for research in agricultural hydrology, page 297:

     Where sections are more than about 500 feet (152.5 m) apart, prelocate all cross sections on aerial photographs.

   • 1987, Deanna Petherbridge, Art for architecture: a handbook on commissioning, page 39:

     In addition, the green ventilation ducts which emerge at two points in the wall had to be cut into the mosaic, as it had not been possible to prelocate them.

Anagrams

• percolate