precursor

Alternative formsEdit

• præcursor (chiefly obsolete)

EtymologyEdit

From Latin praecursor (“forerunner”)

NounEdit

precursor (plural precursors)

1. That which precurses, a forerunner, a predecessor, an indicator of approaching events.
   • 2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, 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.

2. (chemistry) One of the compounds that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound.

TranslationsEdit

AnagramsEdit

• procurers

NounEdit

precursor m (plural precursors, diminutive precursortje n)

1. precursor

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /preˈkɵrsɔr/

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AdjectiveEdit

precursor m (feminine precursora, masculine plural precursores, feminine plural precursoras)

1. precursory, preceding

NounEdit

precursor m (plural precursores, feminine precursora)

1. precursor