precondition

English

Etymology

pre- +‎ condition

Noun

precondition (plural preconditions)

1. A requirement which must be satisfied before taking a course of action.

   A marriage licence is a precondition for a wedding.

Derived terms

• preconditional

Translations

preexisting requirement

Armenian: նախապայման (hy) (naxapayman) Finnish: edellytys (fi), ehto (fi), ennakkoehto (fi) German: Vorbedingung (de) f. Korean: 전제 조건 (ko) (jeonje jogeon)

Persian: پيش بايست (fa) (piš bāyast), پيش شرط (fa) (piš šart) Russian: предусловие (ru) (preduslóvie) n. Swedish: förutsättning (sv)

Verb

precondition (third-person singular simple present preconditions, present participle preconditioning, simple past and past participle preconditioned)

1. (medicine, biology) To condition in advance
   • 1996, C. Weinbrenner et al., “Loss of glycogen during preconditioning is not a prerequisite for protection of the rabbit heart”^[1], Basic Research in Cardiology, volume 91, number 5: 

     The hearts were preconditioned by either ischemia or bradykinin or adenosine.