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) 
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 前提 (cmn) (qiántí), 先決條件 (cmn), 先决条件 (cmn) (xiānjúe tiáojiàn)

• Finnish: edellytys (fi), ehto (fi), ennakkoehto (fi)
• French: condition préalable (fr) f
• German: Vorbedingung (de) f

• Japanese: 前提 (ja) (ぜんてい, zentei), 前提条件 (ja) (ぜんていじょうけん, zentei jōken)
• Korean: 전제 조건 (ko) (jeonje jogeon)
• Persian: پيش بايست (fa) (piš bâyast), پيش شرط (fa) (piš šart)
• Portuguese: pré-condição (pt)
• Russian: предварительное условие (ru) (predvarítelʹnoje uslóvije) n , (prerequisite) предпосылка (ru) (predposýlka) f 
• 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.