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PRECHARGE
Etymology
Adjective
precharge (not comparable)
before a charge
Noun
precharge (plural precharges)
(semiconductors) The phase in the access cycle of DRAM during which the storage capacitors are charged to the appropriate value.
(law) The period of time before the person is charged with a crime.
Verb
precharge (third-person singular simple present precharges, present participle precharging, simple past and past participle precharged)
(semiconductors) To charge the storage capacitors as a part of the DRAM precharge phase.
Source: Wiktionary
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PREMATURELY
(adverb) (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation; “the child was born prematurely”
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