English

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Etymology

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pre- +‎ warm

Verb

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prewarm (third-person singular simple present prewarms, present participle prewarming, simple past and past participle prewarmed)

  1. (transitive) To warm in advance.
  2. (computer graphics, of a particle system) To initialize with the illusion of prior activity.

References

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  • Computer graphics sense: [1] [2]