| PREFATORY | • prefatory adj. Serving as a preface or prelude; introductory, preliminary. • PREFATORY adj. acting as a preface. |
| FERROGRAPHY | • ferrography n. The analysis of particle wear on machine components based on the contaminants found in lubricating oil. • FERROGRAPHY n. a technique for measuring magnetically the wear on machinery. |
| PERFORATORY | • PERFORATORY adj. causing perforation, also PERFORATIVE. |
| PREFATORILY | • prefatorily adv. In a prefatory manner; by way of preface. • PREFATORY adv. acting as a preface. |
| PROFANATORY | • profanatory adj. Involving or relating to profanation. • PROFANATORY adj. tending to profane. |
| FLUOROGRAPHY | • fluorography n. Photofluorography. • fluorography n. Visualisation of radiolabelled material. • FLUOROGRAPHY n. the photography of the image produced on a fluorescent screen by X rays. |
| FRACTOGRAPHY | • fractography n. The study of fracture surfaces of materials. • FRACTOGRAPHY n. the microscopic study of fractures in metal surfaces. |
| PERFORMATORY | • performatory adj. Synonym of performative. • PERFORMATORY adj. of a statement or verb that itself constitutes the action described, also PERFORMATIVE. |
| PURIFICATORY | • purificatory adj. That purifies; purificative. • PURIFICATORY adj. serving to purify, also PURIFICATIVE. |
| PREFATORIALLY | • PREFATORIAL adv. serving as preface or opening remarks. |
| REPROACHFULLY | • reproachfully adv. In a reproachful manner. • REPROACHFUL adv. reproving. |
| PERFORMABILITY | • performability n. A measurement of how well a system performs over a period of time, regardless of the presence of faults. • PERFORMABILITY n. the state of being performable. |
| PERFORMATIVELY | • performatively adv. In a performative manner. • PERFORMATIVE adv. of a statement or verb that itself constitutes the action described, e.g. I confess my ignorance, also PERFORMATORY. |
| PROFESSORIALLY | • professorially adv. In a professorial manner. • PROFESSORIAL adv. of or like a professor. |
| REFLECTOGRAPHY | • reflectography n. An infrared technique used by art historians to detect layers beneath the top surface of a painting… • REFLECTOGRAPHY n. a technique used to detect underdrawing, etc. in a painting, in which infrared light is bounced off the lowest, gessoed layer and the resulting image viewed on a TV monitor. |