precondition

See also: précondition

English

Etymology

pre- +‎ condition

Noun

precondition (plural preconditions)

1. A condition that requires satisfaction before taking a course of action.

   A marriage licence is a precondition for a wedding.

2. A medical illness, ailment, or adverse condition that exists before an insurance policy takes effect.

Synonyms

• prerequisite

Derived terms

• preconditional

Translations

preexisting requirement

• Armenian: նախապայման (hy) (naxapayman)
• Bulgarian: предварително условие n (predvaritelno uslovie), предпоставка (bg) f (predpostavka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 前提 (zh) (qiántí), 先決條件／先决条件 (zh) (xiānjué tiáojiàn)

• Danish: forudsætning c, betingelse (da) c
• Dutch: voorwaarde (nl) f
• Finnish: edellytys (fi), ehto (fi), ennakkoehto
• French: condition préalable f, précondition (fr) f
• Georgian: წინაპირობა (c̣inaṗiroba)
• German: Vorbedingung (de) f, Voraussetzung (de) f
• Hungarian: előfeltétel (hu)
• Italian: prerequisito (it) m, presupposto (it) m
• Japanese: 前提 (ja) (ぜんてい, zentei), 前提条件 (ぜんていじょうけん, zentei jōken)
• Korean: 전제 조건 (jeonje jogeon)
• Latvian: priekšnoteikums m
• Persian: پیش بایست‎ (piš bâyast), پیش شرط‎ (piš šart)
• Portuguese: pré-condição (pt)
• Russian: предвари́тельное усло́вие n (predvarítelʹnoje uslóvije), (prerequisite) предпосы́лка (ru) f (predposýlka)
• Swedish: förutsättning (sv), betingelse (sv) c
• Turkish: önşart, önkoşul

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”, in Basic Research in Cardiology‎^[1], volume 91, number 5:

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