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Precious Blood Single Precious Blood was The Gits first single and their first "official" release. The record was released as a limited edition 7" single of only 800 copies by the local Seattle label Big Flaming Ego Records.
Precious Bunny Precious Bunny (foaled in 1988) is a bay horse by Cam Fella out of Bunny's Wish by B Gs Bunny. He was voted North American harness horse of the year in 1991, a year in which he won the North America Cup, the Meadowlands Pace, the Art Rooney Memorial Pace, the Adios Stakes, and the Little Brown Jug, among other races.
Precious Illusions "Precious Illusions" is a song written and produced by Alanis Morissette, and recorded for her sixth album Under Rug Swept (2002). It released as the album's second single in mid-2002 (see 2002 in music); CD1 was released on August 5 and CD2 followed on October 29.
Precious Lara Quigaman Born on January 3,1983, Precious Lara Quigaman is a model and freelance webpage writer who won the 2005 Miss International beauty pageant held at Tokyo, Japan. She is the fourth Filipina to have won the crown, after Gemma Cruz in 1964, Aurora Pijuan in 1970, and Melanie Marquez in 1979.
Precious Life Precious Life is an Irish organisation founded in 1997 by Bernadette Smyth dedicated to preventing abortion through non-violent means. They are the largest such organisation in all of Ireland, and the only one active on the streets.
Precious Little Precious Little is an album by British blues musician Jeremy Spencer, who was a member of Fleetwood Mac from 1967-71. Released in 2006 (see 2006 in music), this is his fourth official solo album (his first since 1979) and was released on the Bluestown Records label.
Precious Love "Precious Love" was the fourth and the final single from Jody Watley's second album, Larger Than Life. "Precious Love" was the least success of the four singles released from the album, it peaked at number 87 on the US pop chart, but did find better success on the R&B chart where it peaked at number 51.
Precious metal representative Representative (REP): Precious metals Rep, A person who accompanies and or witnesses the processing, packaging, and or reclamation of a commodity at a primary or secondary precious metal refiner, in order to verify the maximum dollar value is returned to the material owner which is usually based on a percentage of the materials worth, by using industry wide procedures with less than 5 years experience.
Precious McKenzie Precious McKenzie MBE (1936 - ) was a South African-born weightlifter who won Commonwealth titles representing both England and New Zealand and has won several World powerlifting and Masters World powerlfting titles. His diminutive stature — 1.
Precipe 1. Etymology: Medieval Latin precipe, legal writ commanding a person to do something or show cause why he or she should not, from Latin praecipe, imperative of praecipere to give rules or precepts, admonish, enjoin: a written request for an action (as the issuing of a writ of execution) from a party to a clerk of a court or sometimes to a judge
Precipice (Battlestar Galactica) "Precipice" is the second episode of the third season from the science fiction television series Battlestar Galactica. It aired immediately following the first episode, "Occupation" on October 6, 2006.
Precipitable water column The precipitable water column (in millimeters or inches) is the amount of water in the whole atmospheric column. It represents the height that would reach the total amount of the water in liquid state over a surface of 1 square meter.
Precipitation (meteorology) In meteorology, precipitation (also known as hydrometeor) is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that is deposited on the earth's surface. It occurs when the atmosphere (being a large gaseous solution) becomes saturated with water vapor and the water condenses and falls out of solution (i.
Precipitation strengthening Precipitation hardening, also called age hardening or dispersion hardening, is a heat treatment technique used to strengthen malleable materials, especially non-ferrous alloys including most structural alloys of aluminium and titanium. It relies on changes in solid solubility with temperature to produce fine particles of an impurity phase, which impede the movement of dislocations, or defects in a crystal's lattice.
Precising definition A precising definition is a definition that extends the dictionary definition (lexical definition) of a term for a specific purpose by including additional criteria that narrow down the set of things meeting the definition.
Precision agriculture Precision farming or precision agriculture is an agricultural concept relying on the existence of in-field variability. It requires the use of new technologies, such as global positioning (GPS), sensors, satellites or aerial images, and information management tools (GIS) to assess and understand variations.
Precision Air Precision Air is a scheduled and charter airline based in Arusha in Tanzania. It operates scheduled air services between Arusha and Zanzibar and to 12 airports in Tanzania, together with flights to neighbouring Kenya.
Precision Approach Path Indicator The Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI) is a light system positioned beside the runway that consists of two, three, or four boxes of lights that provide a visual indication of a fixed-wing aircraft's position on the glidepath for the associated runway. The FAA standard for the PAPI is the same as the ICAO's standard Visual Approach Slope Indicator.
Precision Approach Radar Precision Approach Radar (PAR) is a type of radar guidance system designed to provide lateral and vertical guidance to an aircraft pilot for landing up to the missed approach point. Controllers monitoring the PAR displays observe each aircraft's position and issue instructions to the pilot that keep the aircraft on course during final approach.
Precision bombing Precision bombing is the desired skill of being able to bomb single buildings in a built up area, without causing any damage to the surrounding buildings, or the ability to place a bomb by air to within extremely accurate limits. Precision bombing was used by both the Allied and Central Powers during World War I.
Precision measurement equipment laboratory A Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory (PMEL) is a United States Air Force facility in which the calibration and repair of test equipment takes place. This practice is also known as metrology: the science of measurement.
Precision rectifier The super diode or precision rectifier is a configuration obtained with an operational amplifier in order to have a circuit behaving like an ideal diode or rectifier. It can be useful for high-precision signal processing.
Precision-guided munition Precision-guided munitions (smart munitions, smart bombs, guided bomb units or GBUs) are self-guiding weapons intended to maximize damage to the target while minimizing "collateral damage." Because the damage effects of an explosive weapon scale as a power law with distance, quite modest improvements in accuracy (and hence reduction in miss distance) enables a target to be effectively attacked with fewer and/or smaller bombs.
Precisionist Precisionist (1981-2006) was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse. Although he earned an Eclipse Award as a champion sprinter and Breeders' Cup sprint winner, Precisionist was also a winner of races beyond a mile including Grade I races at 1ÂĽ miles.
Precita Eyes Precita Eyes is a muralist group and workshop in San Francisco, California, headed by the muralist Susan Cervantes. In 2000 they painted the only McDonald's restaurant mural in a San Francisco hamburger restaurant.
Precognition In parapsychology, precognition (from the Latin præ-, “prior to,” + cognitio, “a getting to know”) is a form of extra-sensory perception wherein a person perceives information about future places or events before they happen (as distinct from merely predicting them based on deductive reasoning and current knowledge).http://parapsych.
Precolombian goldworking of the Chibchan Area The Chibchan area, Intermediate area, the Isthmo-Colombian area, are all names for the lower part of Central America, including the southern parts of Nicaragua, all of Costa Rica and Panama, and the northern parts of Colombia. While this area has different culture areas, like the greater Nicoya area in north west Costa Rica, there is a uniformity that implies that while all of these unique groups were different linguistically and culturally it is their similar methods of working gold, as well as other materials throughout their prehistory, and the recurrent themes and images found throughout this area that indicate a similar cultural thread.
Precompiled header Precompiled header is a performance feature found in some C or C++ compilers used to reduce compilation time. The idea is to compile seldom changed header files into object code so that subsequent compilations are faster, at the cost of the initial, slower precompilation.
Precomposed character A precomposed character (alternatively decomposable character) is a Unicode entity that can be decomposed into an equivalent string of several other characters. Typically, a precomposed character is decomposed into the main character and a combining diacritical mark.
Precompositional In music, precompositional decisions are those decisions which a composer decides upon before or while beginning to create a composition. These limits may be given to the composer, such as the length or style needed, or entirely decided by the composer.
Precomputed Radiance Transfer Precomputed Radiance Transfer (PRT) is a technique used to render a scene in real time with complex light interactions precomputed. Radiosity can be used to determine the diffuse lighting of the scene, however PRT offers a method to dynamically change the lighting environment.
Preconditioner In linear algebra and numerical analysis, a preconditioner P of a matrix A is a matrix such that P−1A has a smaller condition number than A. A preconditioner as defined here is also known as a left preconditioner; there are also right preconditioners, but they are not discussed in this article.
Preconscious The preconscious is a structure of the mind, postulated by Sigmund Freud, containing all memories that can be easily accessed by the conscious mind. These memories are not conscious, because a person need not actually be aware of them at any given moment, but they are also distinct from the rest of the Freudian unconscious, which Freud describes as containing repressed desires and memories and which cannot be easily brought into the conscious mind.
Precordial thump A precordial thump is a medical procedure used in the initial response to a witnessed cardiac arrest when no defibrillator is immediately available. It can be used as a small part of the provision of advanced cardiac life support (ACLS).
Precovery Precovery is a term used in astronomy that describes the process of finding the image of an object (usually a minor planet, but sometimes a comet or even a natural satellite) in old archived images or photographic plates, for the purpose of calculating a more accurate orbit. The name is based on pre-recovery; recovery being the process of making new observations of a previously-observed object after a period of non-observation.
Precrash system A precrash system is an automobile safety system designed to reduce the damage caused by a collision. Most use radar sensors to detect an imminent crash and respond by tightening the seat belts, boosting brake pressure, and even applying the brakes.
Precursor (Star Control) The Precursors are a vanished, ancient, superintelligent race from the Star Control games. They are known to have gained sentience before almost any race and further than all, including the Chenjesu or the Ur-Quan, and then vanished without a clue, presumed to have gone either to "some better place" or become extinct.
Precursor mRNA Precursor mRNA, more commonly termed pre-mRNA, is an incompletely processed single strand of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA), synthesized from a DNA template in the nucleus of a cell by transcription. It has also been called heterogeneous nuclear RNA (or hnRNA) and primary transcript.
Precursors (video game) Precursors is a video game from Kiev-based developer Deep Shadows, who also developed the game Boiling Point: Road to Hell. It is based in a futuristic sci-fi environment where it seems, that many political factions are engaged in a war.
Precursors of film Film as an art form grew out of a long tradition of literature, storytelling, narrative drama, art, mythology, puppetry, shadow play, cave paintings, stage magic and perhaps even dreams. In addition, the technology of film, emerged from developments and achievements much further back in human history.
Precycling Precycling is the practice of reducing waste by attempting to avoid bringing into the home or business items which will generate waste. It includes such practices as buying consumables in bulk to reduce packaging, buying consumables in recyclable packaging over non-recyclable packages, avoiding junk mail, and using electronic media for reading materials, especially throwaway items such as magazines or newspapers.
Predannack Airfield Predannack Airfield is situated near Mullion on Cornwall's Lizard Peninsula. The runways are operated by the Royal Navy and today it is used as a satellite airfield and relief landing ground for nearby RNAS Culdrose.
Predator (criminology) In criminology, a predator is used to describe a criminal, most commonly in the phrases sexual predator and/or child predator. The term superpredator has also been used to refer to a theorized individual, from an urban ghetto, who has developed an aversion to modern society.
Predator (film) Predator is a science fiction movie directed by John McTiernan and released on June 12 1987. It features Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Bill Duke, Sonny Landham, Elpidia Carrillo, Richard Chaves, Shane Black, Jesse Ventura, Kevin Peter Hall, Sven-Ole Thorsen and R.
Predator (novel series) The Predator novels are an extension of the Predator franchise, the most recent are published by Dark Horse Comics under their DH Press imprint. The first novel in the new series, Forever Midnight, was released in 2006 and proved a success (selling 1,000 copies a month leading to further volumes being commisioned.
Predator (shoe) Predator technology is Adidas' trade-name for a set of features of their football boots. The common feature of the Predator range is the presence of rubber patches or strips on the top of the shoe that, according to Adidas, increase power, swerve, and accuracy when kicking or shooting a ball.
Predator 2 (video game) Predator 2 is a side-scrolling video game based on the film of the same name. On October 31, 1991, Predator 2 was put on the "Index" (German: Indiziert) by the Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefährdende Medien (BPjM).
Predator trap A predator trap is a natural hazard such as a tar pit. Predators become attracted to struggling animals that have become entrapped in viscous or glutinous material, such as a heavy sedimentary deposit or tar and, in the process, become entrapped themselves.
Predatory lending Predatory lending is the practice of convincing borrowers to agree to unfair and abusive loan terms.Investor Dictionary Although predatory lenders are most likely to target racial minorities and the elderly, victims of predatory lending are represented across all demographicshttp://www.
Predatory mortgage lending There is concern in the US that consumers are often victims of predatory mortgage lending according to CNN. The main concern is that mortgage brokers and lenders, while operating legally, are dishonestly finding loopholes in the law to obtain additional profit.
Predatory pricing Predatory pricing is the practice of a firm selling a product at very low price with the intent of driving competitors out of the market, or create a barrier to entry into the market for potential new competitors. If the other firms cannot sustain equal or lower prices without losing money, they go out of business.
Predatory tunicate Predatory tunicates are tunicates which live anchored along the deep sea canyon walls and seafloor, waiting for tiny animals to drift or swim into their hood-shaped mouths. Its mouthlike hood is quick to close when a small animal drifts inside.
Predecessor culture Predecessor culture is a sociological phrase originating in Alastair McIntyre's book, After Virtue, in which he considers society before the Enlightenment's project of rationalizing all things as having an internal consistency and meaning which has been lost to us. It can be considered a having to do with the set of heroes and stories that were re-iterated in former cultures; these are called commonplaces in English literature.
Predelta National Park The Predelta National Park is a national park of Argentina, located in south-west of the province of Entre Ríos, 6 km south from Diamante, in the Argentine Mesopotamia, at the beginning of the Paraná River Delta. It has an area of 24.
Predestination Predestination is a religious concept, under which the relationship between the beginning of things and the destiny of things is discussed. Its religious nature distinguishes it from other ideas concerning determinism and free will, and related concepts.
Predestination (Calvinism) The Calvinist doctrine of predestination is sometimes referred to as "double predestination", usually in a disparaging way, to refer to the belief that God has not only appointed the eternal destiny of some to salvation (unconditional election), but by necessary inference, also the remainder to eternal damnation (reprobation). In other words, before the foundation of the world, God appointed his elect to eternal life, and condemned the rest to everlasting punishment.
Predestination paradox A predestination paradox, also called either a causal loop, or a causality loop and (less frequently) either a closed loop or closed time-loop, is a paradox of time travel that is often used as a convention in science fiction. It exists when a time traveller is caught in a loop of events that "predestines" him or her to travel back in time.
Predetermined motion time system A predetermined motion time system (PMTS) is frequently used to set labor rates in industry by quantifying the amount of time required to perform specific tasks. The first such system is known as Methods Time Measurement, released in 1948 and today existing in three variations, commonly known as MTM-1, MTM-2, and MTM-3.
Predicables Predicables (Lat. praedicabilis, that which may be stated or affirmed, sometimes called quinque voces or five words) is, in scholastic logic, a term applied to a classification of the possible relations in which a predicate may stand to its subject.
Predicament bondage Predicament bondage is the art of restraining a person by bondage in such a way that there is a limited number of positions in which they can be (usually two). Both of these positions are so uncomfortable or painful that they are forced to shift their weight or position.
Predicament escape A Predicament escape is any form of magic trick in which the magician is trapped in a dangerous situation and is required to escape from it. Examples include Paul Daniels' escapes from a cabinet placed in the path of a race car and an iron maiden on timed closure, and Princess Tenko's escape from an exploding boat.
Predicate (grammar) In traditional grammar, a predicate is one of the two main parts of a sentence (the other being the subject, which the predicate modifies). In current linguistic semantics, a predicate is an expression that can be true of something.
Predicate transformer semantics Predicate transformer semantics is an extension of Floyd-Hoare Logic invented by Dijkstra and extended and refined by other researchers. It was first introduced in Dijkstra's paper "Guarded commands, nondeterminacy and formal derivation of programs".
Predicate variable In first-order logic, a predicate variable is a predicate letter which can stand for a relation (between terms) but which has not been specifically assigned any particular relation (or meaning). In first-order logic (FOL) they can be more properly called "meta-variables".
Predicta Made in several models by the Philco company in the late 1950s, the Philco Predicta is arguably the most iconic television set in existence and is to most people the "classic" 1950s TV set — although with its trademark detached picture tube, it couldn't be more atypical of an early television set.
Predictability Predictability refers to the degree that a correct forecast of a system's state can be made either qualitatively or quantitatively. While the second law of thermodynamics can tell us about the equilibrium state that a system will evolve to, and steady states in dissipative systems can sometimes be predicted, there exists no general rule to predict the time evolution of systems far from equilibrium, etc.
Predictable "Predictable" is a pop song written by Delta Goodrem, Kara DioGuardi and Jarrad Rogers, recorded by Delta Goodrem for her debut album Innocent Eyes. Released in the last quarter of 2003, the single peaked at number-one on the Australian ARIA Charts, becoming Goodrem's fifth number-one single in Australia.
Prediction interval In statistics, a prediction interval bears the same relationship to a future observation that a confidence interval bears to an unobservable population parameter. Prediction intervals predict the distribution of individual points, whereas confidence intervals estimate the true population mean or other quantity of interest that cannot be observed.
Predictive analytics Predictive analytics encompasses a variety of techniques from statistics and data mining that process current and historical data in order to make “predictions” about future events. Such predictions rarely take the form of absolute statements, and are more likely to be expressed as values that correspond to the odds of a particular event or behavior taking place in the future.
Predictive dialer A predictive dialer is a computerized system that automatically dials batches of telephone numbers for connection to agents assigned to sales or other campaigns. Predictive dialers are widely used in call centers.
Predictive Failure Analysis Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) is a proprietary IBM technology for monitoring the likelihood of hard disk drives to fail. It was introduced in 1992 in IBM 0662-S1x drive (1052 MB Fast-Wide SCSI-2 disk at 5400 rpm), and was industry's first such technology.
Predictive Index Predictive Index is a copyrighted management tool for predicting, describing and measuring the work behavior and potential of individuals and groups at all organizational levels. It claims to provide assessment of performance drives, management styles, capabilities, potentials, interests and motivation.
Predictive learning Predictive learning is a technique of machine learning in which an agent tries to build a model of its environment by trying out different actions in various circumstances. It uses knowledge of the effects its actions appear to have, turning them into planning operators.
Predictive maintenance Predictive maintenance (PdM) techniques help determine the condition of in-service equipment in order to predict when maintenance should be performed. This approach offers cost savings over routine or time-based preventive maintenance because tasks are performed only when warranted.
Predictive medicine The goal of predictive medicine is to identify biological markers in order to enrole individuals at high risk for developing a disease in special early detection trials. Different approaches exist to develop predictive medicine, such as genomics, proteomics, and cytomics.
Predictive modelling Predictive modelling is the process by which a model is created or chosen to try to best predict the probability of an outcome. In many cases the model is chosen on the basis of detection theory to try to guess the probability of a signal given a set amount of input data, for example given an email determining how likely that it is spam.
Predictive power The predictive power of a scientific theory refers to its ability to generate testable predictions. Theories with strong predictive power are highly valued, because the predictions can often encourage the falsification of the theory.
Predictive text Predictive text is an input technology designed for mobile phones. The technology allows words to be entered by a single keypress for each letter, as opposed to the multiple keypress approach used in the older generation of mobile phones.
Predictor@home Predictor@home is a distributed computing project that uses BOINC and is run by The Scripps Research Institute to predict protein structure from protein sequence in the context of the 6th biannual CASP, or Critical Assessment of Techniques for Protein Structure Prediction. A major goal of the project is the testing and evaluating of new algorithms to predict both known and unknown protein structures.
Predispositioning Theory Predispositioning Theory was founded by Aron Katsenelinboigen (1927-2005), a Professor in Wharton School who dealt with indeterministic systems such as chess, business, economics, and other fields of knowledge and also made an essential step forward in elaboration of styles and methods of decision-making.
Preditors and Editors Preditors and Editors (P&E) is a website started in 1997, managed by David (Dave) Kuzminski and hosted by Anotherealm, The Magazine of Speculative Fiction. The misspelling of "Predators" in the site's title is deliberatehttp://www.
Predmestky Festival The Predmestky Festival (also known as Festival de la Predmestky) is a free music and puppet festival held annually in the mountains of western North Carolina. Early prototypes of the festival in the mid 1980's were called the Doc Locke Rock Fest; in 1995 giant puppets were created for the festival, and an original puppet rock opera was added.
Prednision attack 'prednision attack' Is a song that was produced by 'Megashira' and later remixed by DJ Panic This song can be put into the genre of gabber because of it's heavy bass line. The original song is just a song that plays around with a bass line and the remix has used other popular songs over the top of the bass to make it more interesting.
Predominate Stakes The Predominate Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in the United Kingdom for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and geldings run over a distance of 1 mile 3 furlongs (2,213 metres) at Goodwood Racecourse in May.
Predrag Đajić Predrag Đajić (Предраг Ђајић, born May 1, 1922 in Sarajevo, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, died May 13, 1979 in Warsaw, Poland) was a notable Serbian and Yugoslav footballer. He had started his playing career before World War II, and had played in Slavija Sarajevo in the 1930s before coming to SK Jugoslavija Belgrade in 1940.
Predrag Banović Predrag Banović (born c.1969 in Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian Serb who was charged with war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for his actions at the Keraterm camp during the Bosnian War.
Predrag Bubalo Predrag Bubalo (Предраг Бубало) became the Minister of Industry and Privatization in the Government of Serbia in October 2004, replacing Dragan Maršićanin. Before that Bubalo was the Minister of International Economic Relations.
Predrag Bulatović Predrag Bulatović (Serbian Cyrillic: Предраг Булатовић) is a Montenegrin SerbRajko Kovacevic]: "Predrag Bulatovic je do skoro javnosti bio poznat kao Srbin koji je srpstvo branio sa Staljinom u srcu"] politician. He was the president of the [[Socialist People's Party of Montenegro (Социјалистичка Народна Партија Црне Горе, Socijalistička Narodna Partija Crne Gore).
Predrag Cvitanović Predrag Cvitanović, (born 1 April 1946) is currently an endowed Professor of Physics at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is highly regarded for his work in nonlinear dynamics, particularly his contributions to periodic orbit theory.
Predrag Drobnjak Predrag Drobnjak (born October 27, 1975) is a Montenegrin professional basketball player currently with KK Partizan of the Serbian Basketball League and the Adriatic League and who has formerly played in the National Basketball Association.
Predrag Marković Predrag Marković was the acting President of Serbia within Serbia and Montenegro for a few months in 2004 and is the current speaker of the National Assembly of Serbia. He was born on 7 December 1955 in Čepure, near Paraćin.
Predrag Mijatović Predrag Peđa Mijatović (Cyrillic: Предраг Мијатовић) (born January 19, 1969 in Titograd, Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia) is a former Serbian football player and current sports director of Real Madrid. He is considered one of his country's best players of the 1990s.
Predrag Pažin Predrag Pažin (Serbian and Bulgarian: Предраг Пажин) (born March 14, 1973 in Nevesinje, Socialist Republic Bosnia-Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia, now Bosnia-Herzegovina) is a naturalized Bulgarian football player of Serbian ethnicity who, as of 2006, is playing for Shandong Luneng.
Predynastic Egypt The Predynastic Period of Egypt (prior to 3100 BC) is traditionally the period between the Early Neolithic and the beginning of the Pharaonic monarchy beginning with king Narmer. However, the dates of the predynastic period were first defined before widespread archaeological excavation of Egypt had taken place, and recent finds which show the course of predynastic development to have been very gradual have caused scholars to argue about when exactly the predynastic period ended.
Preemphasis In processing electronic audio signals preemphasis refers to a system process designed to increase, within a band of frequencies, the magnitude of some (usually higher) frequencies with respect to the magnitude of other (usually lower) frequencies in order to improve the overall signal-to-noise ratio by minimizing the adverse effects of such phenomena as attenuation differences or saturation of recording media in subsequent parts of the system. That is the mirror of the deemphasis.
Preemption (computing) Pre-emption as used with respect to operating systems means the ability of the operating system to preempt or stop a currently scheduled task in favour of a higher priority task. The scheduling may be one of, but not limited to, process or I/O scheduling, among others.
Preemption (law) In the legal system of the United States, preemption generally refers to the displacing effect that federal law will have on a conflicting or inconsistent state law. The Supremacy Clause (Article VI, section 2) of the United States Constitution states that the Constitution and other federal laws are the "supreme Law of the Land".
Preemption Line The Preemption Line (also spelled Pre-Emption) divides the Indian lands of western New York State awarded to New York from those awarded to Commonwealth of Massachusetts by the Treaty of Hartford of 1786. It was defined as the meridian (north-south) line from the eighty-second milestone of the Pennsylvania - New York survey line at 76° 57' 58" W northward to Lake Ontario.
Preemptive Strike (TNG episode) "Preemptive Strike", originally set to be titled "The Good Fight", is the penultimate episode of the seventh and final season of Star Trek: The Next Generation. The episode wound up the plotline involving the character Ro Laren.
Preemptive war A preëmptive attack (or preëmptive war) is waged in an attempt to repel or defeat an imminent offensive or invasion, or to gain a strategic advantage in an impending (usually unavoidable) war. Preëmptive war is often confused with the term preventive war.

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