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Definition of Precritical
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Precritical
Literary usage of Precritical
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Twentieth Century Practice: An International Encyclopedia of Modern Medical by Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1900)
"... are the results of fission; these last, especially in grave cases and in
prolonged attacks, may persist up to the precritical elevation of temperature. ..."
2. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1912)
"(2) More important, however, is the distinction of the critical and the precritical
use of introspection. The precritical method has been roundly condemned ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"There can be no doubt that some of the special features of the Kritik are to bo
found in these precritical essays, eg, the doctrine of the ..."
4. The New Englander by William Lathrop Kingsley (1881)
"... perhaps, as it can be or need be. it is probably apparent by this time that
the century has been rightly called the " precritical period. ..."
5. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1881)
"It is probably apparent by this time that the century has been rightly called
the "precritical period." This will become more apparent if we collect more ..."
6. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"These greater variations occurring about the time of crisis are referred to as
precritical fall or ..."
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