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pre-flight
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Pre-flight
Preflighting is a term used in the printing industry to describe the process of confirming that the digital files required for the printing process are all present, valid, correctly formatted, and of the desired type. The term originates from the preflight checklists used by pilots. The term was first used in a presentation at the Color Connections conference in 1990 by consultant Chuck Weger.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of pre-flight in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of pre-flight in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of pre-flight in a Sentence
We’ll be focusing specifically on the procedures for flight crew and ground crew in relation to the pre-flight checks on aircraft.
Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, All is Vanity, 1991:
A man should not leave this earth with unfinished business. He should live each day as if it was a pre-flight check. He should ask each morning, am I prepared to lift-off?
I was extremely disappointed and shocked, my mother and I did not venture out of the house at all for 14 days prior to the pre-flight quarantine. We were double-masking all that time.
A man should not leave this earth with unfinished business. He should live each day as if it was a pre-flight check. He should ask each morning, am I prepared to lift-off
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