The D'Entrecasteaux thus represent a stage of continental breakup just preceding fully-fledged volcanic spreading.

Republic Records later described the album's musical style as "aggressive rock" in the stages preceding the album's release.

This is particularly critical where stages of design/manufacture precede test/use.

Clarke had studied the industrial production of diamonds, in which an essential stage of ugly blackness precedes the beauty of the diamond's crystallisation.

At this stage in the period preceding the Budget, he will not expect me or any of my right hon. Friends to say anything about specific tax matters.

In the life of an insect the pupal stage follows the larval stage and precedes adulthood (imago).

These stages of integration preceded the DOD military by roughly a year or so, as separate legislation restricted their deployment of women.

For instance, in most girls, the beginning stages of breast development precede pubic hair.

The young adult stage in human development precedes middle adulthood.

One or more preamplifier stages precede the power amplifier stage.