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to precalculate

to precalculate

1 5.1
Work out a number or result before you need it
  • verb
  • /ˌpriːˈkælkeɪt/
: precalcular
  • He had to precalculate the distance he would travel for the road trip to plan the fuel stops.

But I think the way neurobiology does it hasn't precalculated everything.

Examples

  • Since the incremented value of the result may require an increment to the exponent, an incremented value of the exponent is also precalculated.

    Academic text (1999)

  • To ensure accuracy in the recipe, she precalculated the measurements of each ingredient.

  • But I think the way neurobiology does it hasn't precalculated everything.

    Lex Fridman

  • No, in hindsight you cannot take the result and claim the precalculated odds were wrong just because the result was low-probability.

    Blog text (7)

  • Before the project began, the team decided to precalculate the budget to avoid overspending later.

Synonyms

to calculate
vsto precalculate
23 3.4

To figure out what will happen using information you have

focuses on working out exact values beforehand rather than reasoning prediction
to precompute
vsto precalculate
  • Specialized
1 6.9

Do calculations in advance so results are ready and faster to use

is done in advance without stressing speed or efficiency

Surface Forms

precalculate infinitive
precalculated past
precalculated past participle
precalculating present participle
precalculates third person singular

Morphology

precalculate = calculate (transparent) = pre + calculate

The meaning is a regular and easily inferable extension of 'calculate' with the time-related prefix 'pre-' meaning 'before'.

Etymology

Precalculate starts with pre- meaning 'before' and ends with calculate, the same part you see in calculator, which means 'to count' or work out numbers. So to precalculate is to do the counting ahead of time so the results are ready when you need them.