precursor

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin praecursor (forerunner)

[edit] Noun

Singular
precursor

Plural
precursors

precursor (plural precursors)

  1. That which precurses, a forerunner, a predecessor, an indicator of approaching events.
  2. (chemistry) One of the compounds that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound.

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Adjective

precursor m. (feminine precursora, masculine plural precursores, feminine plural precursoras)

  1. precursory, preceding

[edit] Noun

precursor m. (feminine precursora, masculine plural precursores, feminine plural precursoras)

  1. precursor
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