1. the installation of electrical wiring in a structure before walls, insulation, or other finishing materials are added
Usage: construction and building trades
2. in neuroscience and psychology, innate neural connections or predispositions that exist before learning or experience
Usage: scientific, developmental psychology

1. to install electrical wiring in advance of final construction or assembly
2. to establish or prepare neural or functional connections in advance
Usage: neuroscience, psychology

Examples

• The contractor completed the prewiring of the new office building before the drywall installation began.
• Prewiring the house saved time during the final electrical inspection.
• Research suggests that infants have prewiring for language acquisition.
• The team is prewiring the circuit boards before assembly.
• Neuroscientists study how prewiring in the brain influences early development.
• We need to finish prewiring all the outlets before the walls go up.