preparative

About 0.46 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective That serves to prepare something.

   preparative chromatography

2. adjective Preliminary or preparatory.

   preparative discussions

3. adjective Pertaining to the synthesis, purification, or isolation of compounds from mixtures or raw materials.
4. noun Something to be done in preparation; a preliminary

Similar words

preceding preparatory ief tlc stepping-stone glc ultracentrifugation ultracentrifuge ultracentrifuges vpc

Often followed by

to for scale meeting methods hplc tlc procedures work and

Word family

preparatively preparatives