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preflight

adj, noun, verb — 5 senses

preflight

adj

Etymology From pre- + flight.

1

Taking place before the start of a flight.

2

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Serving to confirm that requests can be accepted, before sending an actual request.

  • a CORS preflight request

preflight

noun

Etymology From pre- + flight.

1

An inspection of an aircraft before the start of a flight.

2

Gymnastics, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports The portion of the movement after launching from the springboard but before pushing off the vault.

  • Between the preflight and postflight is the block, a rapid motion in which the gymnast’s hands hit the vault and she pushes herself off, converting the horizontal momentum from her sprint down the runway into vertical momentum.2024 July 27, Maggie Astor, “Your Guide to Olympic Gymnastics: Vault”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2024:

preflight

verb

Etymology From pre- + flight.

1

To perform an inspection of an aircraft before the start of a flight.

Related terms
foreflight

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.