Preliminary Examination

  

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Preliminary Examination

Definition: Preliminary Examination

Preliminary Examination

Noun

1. An examination taken by graduate students to determine their fitness to continue.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Preliminary Examination

Synonyms: prelim (n), preliminary exam (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Preliminary Examination

Specialty definitions using "preliminary examination": advance packageelected Office. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Preliminary Examination

DomainTitle

Books

  • The possibility of ilmenite placers in the Thule district, North Greenland A preliminary examination of the heavy fractions of some sands (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Preliminary Examination

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Human Rights

Bosnia and Herzegovina

First instance courts are overburdened with the responsibility for gathering evidence during the preliminary examination stage, a task that lies with the investigative judge rather than the prosecutor, resulting in a prolonged judicial process. (references)

Trade

Ukraine

Preliminary examination is carried out to identify objects needing expert examination (listed as controlled goods); to assess the given business entity's observance of the export control laws and presence of appropriate regulatory documentation; and to assess the possibility of delivering goods designated by the given business entity to certain countries. (references)

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Modern Translation: Preliminary Examination

Language Translations for "preliminary examination"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Finnish

  

alkututkinto. (various references)

   

German

  

Vorexamen. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

felvételi vizsga (entrance examination, matric, matriculation). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

予備試" , 予審 (pretrial hearing), 下検分 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

したけ"ぶ", よし" (aftershock, credit limit, preliminary tremor, pretrial hearing), よびしけ". (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eliminarypray examinationay

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

predispit. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yeterlik sınavı (matriculation, prelim, qualification test, qualifying examination), ön sınav (pre-examination, prelim), ön muayene (prelim). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Alternative Orthography: Preliminary Examination


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 72 65 6C 69 6D 69 6E 61 72 79      45 78 61 6D 69 6E 61 74 69 6F 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01110010 01100101 01101100 01101001 01101101 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110010 01111001 00100000 01000101 01111000 01100001 01101101 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#114 &#101 &#108 &#105 &#109 &#105 &#110 &#97 &#114 &#121 &#32 &#69 &#120 &#97 &#109 &#105 &#110 &#97 &#116 &#105 &#111 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0072 0065 006C 0069 006D 0069 006E 0061 0072 0079      0045 0078 0061 006D 0069 006E 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

508471787579758067849123990677975806786758180

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Translations: Modern
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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