precondition

See also: précondition

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

pre- +‎ condition

NounEdit

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 termsEdit

• preconditional

TranslationsEdit

preexisting requirement

• Armenian: նախապայման (hy) (naxapayman)
• Chinese:

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

• Finnish: edellytys (fi), ehto (fi), ennakkoehto
• French: condition préalable f
• German: Vorbedingung (de) f
• 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)
• Persian: پيش بايست‏‎ (piš bâyast), پيش 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

VerbEdit

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.