precursor
English
Alternative forms
- præcursor (chiefly obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praecursor (“forerunner”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
precursor (plural precursors)
- That which precurses: a forerunner, predecessor, or indicator of approaching events.
- 2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist:
- Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: […] . The evolutionary precursor of photosynthesis is still under debate, and a new study sheds light. The critical component of the photosynthetic system is the “water-oxidizing complex”, made up of manganese atoms and a calcium atom.
- (chemistry) One of the compounds that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound.
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Translations
forerunner, predecessor
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chemical compound
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Adjective
precursor (not comparable)
- (telecommunications, of intersymbol interference) Caused by the following symbol.
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See also
References
- “precursor”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “precursor”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- Intersymbol interference on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
Catalan
Noun
precursor m (plural precursors)
Dutch
Etymology
From Latin praecursor
Pronunciation
Noun
precursor m (plural precursors, diminutive precursortje n)
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praecuror, praecursorem.
Noun
precursor m (plural precursores, feminine precursora, feminine plural precursoras)
- precursor; forerunner (something that led to the development of another)
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Adjective
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- precursory (pertaining to events that will follow)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praecuror, praecursorem.
Adjective
precursor (feminine precursora, masculine plural precursores, feminine plural precursoras)
Noun
precursor m (plural precursores, feminine precursora, feminine plural precursoras)
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