preparative

Speech parts

1. preparative - Noun

2. preparative - Adjective

3. preparative - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Tending to prepare or make ready; having the power of preparing, qualifying, or fitting; preparatory.

That which has the power of preparing, or previously fitting for a purpose; that which prepares.

That which is done in the way of preparation.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

preparatory propaedeutic elementary early beginning primary initial basic opening preparation preliminary provisional inaugural introductory inductive
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Antonyms

last later end final late old
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Examples

To me it seems that liberty and virtue were made for each other. If any man wish to enslave his country, nothing is a fitter preparative than vice; and nothing leads to vice so surely as irreligion. George Berkeley

Therefore, we should devote ourselves as a preparative to preparedness, alike in peace and war, to secure the three elemental things:. Theodore Roosevelt

preparatory steps Source: Internet

For example, ICP-MS may be combined with size exclusion chromatography and quantitative preparative native continuous polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis ( QPNC-PAGE ) for identifying and quantifying native metal cofactor containing proteins in biofluids. Source: Internet

Traditional affinity columns are used as a preparative step to flush out unwanted biomolecules. Source: Internet

Thus, two drawbacks to elution mode chromatography, especially at the preparative scale, are operational complexity, due to gradient solvent pumping, and low throughput, due to low column loadings. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

preparational preparationism preparationist preparatively preparator preparatorily