precondition
See also: précondition
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EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
precondition (plural preconditions)
- A requirement which must be satisfied before taking a course of action.
- A marriage licence is a precondition for a wedding.
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preexisting requirement
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VerbEdit
precondition (third-person singular simple present preconditions, present participle preconditioning, simple past and past participle preconditioned)
- (medicine, biology) To condition in advance
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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.
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