Definition of "preset" []

• To set (an automatic control, for example) beforehand: preset a microwave oven. (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.

• "Because all magazine fiction has such tight word counts, stories for intermediates (readers who read) often rely on certain preset reader expectations."
• "Each preset is a mixture of the mood spectrums on the Moodstream mixer — happy/sad, calm/lively, warm/cool, and so on."
• "ScreenFlow allows one to customize these settings once an overall codec preset is selected."