Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prebleach

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-bleach
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Before a bleaching operation.

verb

To apply a bleaching operation in advance of further bleaching.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Right panels represent the time-course of a FRAP experiment: prebleach image (top), first image after bleach (middle), 100 s after start of acquisition (bottom)."
"Since this autofluorescence component bleaches rapidly, we deliberately prebleach it before starting the experiment."

Etymology

From pre- + bleach.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pre

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

prebleaches (present, singular) prebleaching (participle, present) prebleached (participle, past) prebleached (past)

Questions

What does prebleach mean?: Before a bleaching operation.
Where does prebleach come from?: From pre- + bleach.

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