preregistration
adjEtymology From pre- + registration.
1
Before registration.
- a preregistration check
2
As noun adjunct Pertaining to preregistration (of scientific trials or other experiments).
In attributive position
- Related terms
- preregister
preregistration
nounEtymology From pre- + registration.
1
An early registration, before the normal or traditional time, as with early online check-in at hotels.
- There is no charge for participation but pre-registration is necessary since space is limited.1980 December 13, “Develop Your Career”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 21, page 2:
2
Registration (of a study design) before a clinical trial (or any other type of scientific experiment) begins, for methodologic and thus epistemologic rigor.