Preform may refer to:
* Preform, a
piece of glass used to draw an optical fiber
* Preform, a piece of
polyethylene terephthalate
Polyethylene terephthalate (or poly(ethylene terephthalate), PET, PETE, or the obsolete PETP or PET-P), is the most common thermoplastic polymer resin of the polyester family and is used in fibres for clothing, containers for liquids and foods ...
test tube shaped form blown into a completed bottle
* Preform, an incomplete and unused basic form of a stone tool in
lithic reduction
In archaeology, in particular of the Stone Age, lithic reduction is the process of fashioning stones or rocks from their natural state into tools or weapons by removing some parts. It has been intensely studied and many archaeological industries ...
* Preform, a specially designed
shape of solder
* Preform, a high quality, precision metal stamping used for a variety of
brazing and joining applications
* PreForm, a
a software package from 3D printing technology company Formlabs
See also
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Perform
PerForm and PerForm PRO were electronic form programs, initially designed to work under GEM in DOS. Later versions were designed to work in Windows 3.1, at which point it was succeeded by FormFlow.
The initial version of PerForm was created in 1 ...
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Preformationism
In the history of biology, preformationism (or preformism) is a formerly popular theory that organisms develop from miniature versions of themselves. Instead of assembly from parts, preformationists believed that the form of living things exist, ...
, a theory that organisms develop from miniature versions of themselves
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