preshift

adj, verb, noun — 3 senses

preshift

adj

Etymology From pre- + shift.

1

Before a shift (in various senses).

The factory workers in Plant 2 would stop at Uncle Nancy’s for preshift pick-me-ups, and the executives at Maytag headquarters down the street would come for lunch.2007 October 7, Dan Barry, “Politicians, and a Town in Flux, Come Calling”, in New York Times:

preshift

verb

Etymology From pre- + shift.

1

To shift in advance.

We preshifted the game sprites to avoid having to redraw them at different positions during gameplay.

preshift

noun

Etymology From pre- + shift.

1

Computer graphics, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A shift performed in advance.

[…] and the preshifts required to move the rectangle up one, right two or up one, left two.1983, Ken Williams, Bob Kernaghan, Lisa Kernaghan, Apple II Computer Graphics, page 156:

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