precursor
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- præcursor (chiefly obsolete)
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin praecursor (“forerunner”).
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɹiːˌkɜɹ.səɹ/, /pɹɨˈkɜɹ.səɹ/
Audio (UK) (file)
NounEdit
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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AdjectiveEdit
precursor (not comparable)
- (telecommunications, of intersymbol interference) Caused by the following symbol.
AntonymsEdit
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- precursor at OneLook Dictionary Search.
- precursor in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Intersymbol interference on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin praecuror, praecursorem.
AdjectiveEdit
precursor (feminine precursora, masculine plural precursors, feminine plural precursores)
NounEdit
precursor m (plural precursors, feminine precursora)
Further readingEdit
- “precursor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “precursor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
- “precursor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “precursor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin praecursor
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
precursor m (plural precursors, diminutive precursortje n)
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin praecuror, praecursorem.
NounEdit
precursor m (plural precursores, feminine precursora, feminine plural precursoras)
- precursor; forerunner (something that led to the development of another)
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AdjectiveEdit
precursor m (feminine singular precursora, masculine plural precursores, feminine plural precursoras, comparable)
- precursory (pertaining to events that will follow)
Further readingEdit
- “precursor” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French précurseur.
NounEdit
precursor m (plural precursori)
DeclensionEdit
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) precursor | precursorul | (niște) precursori | precursorii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) precursor | precursorului | (unor) precursori | precursorilor |
| vocative | precursorule | precursorilor | ||
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin praecuror, praecursorem.
AdjectiveEdit
precursor (feminine precursora, masculine plural precursores, feminine plural precursoras)
NounEdit
precursor m (plural precursores, feminine precursora, feminine plural precursoras)
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “precursor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014