ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Preshift

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Preshift is an adjective meaning Before a shift (in various senses).

Meaning

Before a shift (in various senses).

More Meanings

  1. (transitive) To shift in advance.
  2. (computer graphics) A shift performed in advance.

Example Sentences

[…] and the preshifts required to move the rectangle up one, right two or up one, left two.
We preshifted the game sprites to avoid having to redraw them at different positions during gameplay.
The factory workers in Plant 2 would stop at Uncle Nancy’s for preshift pick-me-ups, and the executives at Maytag headquarters down the street would come for lunch.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include preshifted, pretransition, preshock, premove, preinterchange, preshortage.

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