prediscoverer
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[edit]Noun
[edit]prediscoverer (plural prediscoverers)
- One who prediscovers.
- 1985, Wilfried Schröder, International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy. Interdivisional Commission on History, Historical Events and People in Geosciences: Selected Papers (page 70)
- While the auroral oval was not recognized at the time, Gordon Shepherd a former student and facutly [sic] member at the University of Saskatchewan has called Currie the "prediscoverer" of the auroral oval.
- 2002, Tom Siegfried, Strange Matters:
- Murray Gell-Mann, prediscoverer of quarks, makes a similar point.
- 1985, Wilfried Schröder, International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy. Interdivisional Commission on History, Historical Events and People in Geosciences: Selected Papers (page 70)