preparative
Americanadjective
noun
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Etymology
Origin of preparative
1400–50; late Middle English preparatif < Middle French < Medieval Latin praeparātīvus. See preparation, -ive
Example Sentences
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The catch-22 is that while stem cell transplants can prevent this failure, the usual preparative chemotherapy or radiation can cause severe complications or even cancer.
From Science Daily • Nov. 7, 2025
These preparative mass spectrometers can be used to produce chemical compounds in a new way.
From Science Daily • Nov. 3, 2023
However, preparative mass spectrometry could soon open up completely new possibilities for these applications, for example, in the production of microchips, solar cells or biologically active coatings.
From Science Daily • Nov. 3, 2023
Another preparative method is the electrochemical oxidation of a hot solution of a metal halide to form the appropriate metal chlorates.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
The preparative letter of Pierre to Glen, plunged at once into the very heart of the matter, and was perhaps the briefest letter he had ever written him.
From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman
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