preseed

verb

1. To seed in advance.

   “[…] I loaned them the valve that they used to seed the clouds or preseed them with liquid nitrate solution […]”

   “Also included in the menu is the possibility to preseed the entire LSE matrix to any desired level, thus providing a base for many classes of experiment.”

   “Under this scheme, an outbreak of influenza in one year would preseed the population to give a pattern of latent infectives from which a subsequent outbreak would arise in a later year.”

   “If you haven't been able to preseed the filter with bacteria from another aquarium […]”

noun

1. A medium specially prepared for a seeding operation.

   “The preseed is then transferred aseptically to 20-liter seed tanks [....]”

   “The preseed was incubated with mild agitation at 30 "C for 24 h.”

adj

1. Before a seeding or seed stage of development.

   “Increases in one experiment ranged from 10 to 200 times the preseed rainfall from the individual clouds, [....]”

   “There are many traditional sources of funding, but for new spin-off company creation, gaining access to early stage (angel, preseed, and seed) [...]”

   “The totality of the preseed culture is added into the final culture composed of the same medium.”