Definition of "preprint" []

• Something printed and often distributed in partial or preliminary form in advance of official publication: a preprint of a scientific article. (noun)
• To print in advance. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Steve, the side bar covers the figure xx portion of interest btw, at least according to the preprint, that is the top panel of Figure 4."
• "Incidentally, if Annan et al did mock up a "preprint" of their McLean rebuttal ahead of acceptance, then I think that's pretty naff practice."
• "I found that the arXiv an online archive of mostly physics "preprint" articles has sections for popular physics and for physics and society."