noun
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That which precurses: a forerunner, predecessor, or indicator of approaching events.
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One of the compounds that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound.
adjective
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(of intersymbol interference) Caused by the following symbol.
Examples of precursor in a Sentence
Bad breath can be a precursor to bad gums, and this can lead to gum disease.
So far he may be fairly called the precursor of later utilitarianism.
It is a precursor for further treatment methods.
This gliding action is the precursor of what we now call skiing.
However, soy's isofloves are a precursor to estrogen and not an ideal choice for men as a regular source of protein.
So is there a precursor to the Internet?
The Golden Globes have surpassed that controversial reputation they received after Pia Zadora's win and are now seen as a precursor to the Oscars, even after Heath Ledger's win.
Sodium hypochlorite - which is household bleach or a chemical precursor to chlorine.
In fact, people who are deprived of REM sleep, which is the precursor to dreaming, will have many problems, including getting sick more often, having reduced memory and productivity, and other signs of serious sleep disorders.
Under normal circumstances, when heme concentrations are at an appropriate level, precursor production decreases.
It can also serve as a precursor for a real pet in the future.
It can help to protect the eyes from sustaining sun damage, may actually help to improve vision, and is capable of preventing clouding of the eyes, which is a precursor to cataracts.
Philips & Co., which was founded in 1891 by Anton and Gerard Philips, was an early manufacturer of carbon-filament lamps, a precursor to the incandescent light bulb.
The Cone system is a precursor to the modern automatic drip coffee maker.
Lighting the tree with wax candles (the precursor to electric Christmas lights) began in the 18th century.
The precursor of the thegn was the gesith, the companion of the king or great lord, the member of his comitatus, and the word thegn began to be used to describe a military gesith.
He was one of the first to attack the realist doctrines of Duns Scotus, and is interesting mainly as the precursor of William of Occam in his revival of Nominalism.
These candidates, however, received no electoral votes and a popular vote of only 156,149, of which but 25,329 were polled in New York, By 1856 they abandoned their separate organization and joined the movement which resulted in the formation of the powerful Republican party, of which the Free Soil party was the legitimate precursor.
Among the visionary Franciscans, enthusiastic adherents of Joachim's prophecies, arose above all the conviction that the pope was Antichrist, or at least his precursor.
Bruno was the precursor of the idealistic schools.
For twenty years a profound peace prevailed throughout the empire, but it was the precursor of a terrible storm destined to destroy the Safawid dynasty and scatter calamity broadcast over Persia.
The war of 1870-7r found Boudin impecunious but great, for then there had well begun the series of freshly and vigorously conceived canvases and panels, which record the impressions of a precursor of the Impressionists in presence of the Channel waters, and of those autumn skies, or skies of summer, now radiant, now uncertain, which hung over the small ports and the rocky or chalk-cliff coasts, over the watering-places, Trouville, Dieppe, and over those larger harbours, with port and avant-port and bassin, of Dunkirk, of Havre.
Formula 4 Feet contains the amino acid arginine, which is the precursor for the formation of nitrous oxide in the tissue circulation.
Venture capital investments are seen as the primary precursor to economic growth, they have fueled the dot-com boom in the 1990s.
Libya remains heavily dependent on foreign suppliers for CW precursor chemicals and other key related equipment.
Note that some chains are formed by the proteolytic cleavage of an intact precursor chain.
Alex Wright lithograph This early 19th Century lithograph shows the Chapel of Ease at Shirehampton, precursor of the present St. Mary's.
Phosphatidylcholine (PtdCho) is a major membrane phospholipid, and is a precursor to two other abundant membrane.
Its biosynthetic precursor, demecolcine, is an alkaloid.
Levodopa, the metabolic precursor of dopamine, relieves the symptoms of Parkinson's disease presumably by being converted to dopamine in the brain.
St. John the Baptist is the Lord's immediate precursor or forerunner, sent to prepare his way.
It, however, is the necessary precursor for the two week dose of shock therapy that follows.
A Data Architecture is thus an essential precursor to making maximum use of this invaluable resource.
They develop from ' apud ' (amine precursor, uptake and decarboxylation) cells.
This will require action on ozone precursor emissions at a global scale.
Depressed people interested in considering this hormone precursor should consult a doctor.
Last month, Taiwan intercepted a North Korean vessel carrying what the United States has called a chemical weapons precursor.
Production of transgenic soybean lines expressing the bean pod mottle virus coat protein precursor gene.
Both structural and functional (e.g., electroceramic) ceramic precursor sols are being produced and characterized.
A bass viola da gamba, the precursor to the cello, which dates from around 1680, is also up for grabs.
In this respect he was a precursor of Peter the Great, but he greatly underestimated the difficulties of the task.
Severe as were the losses in flocks and herds from these imported diseases, they were eclipsed by the ravages of the mysterious potato blight, which, first appearing in 1845, pervaded the whole of Europe, and in Ireland especially proved the precursor of famine and pestilence.
What is the name for the precursor cells that differentiate into bone resorbing cells?
Smooth lips are a precursor to perfect lipstick application.
To unlock the corresponding video, you need to collect the designated number of Precursor Orbs.
Mario Bros., a 1983 arcade game, is a precursor to the mechanics of future Mario games.
Especially for children, change is often the precursor of stress.
As a heme precursor molecule moves through each step, an enzyme modifies the precursor in some way.
If a precursor molecule is not modified, it cannot proceed to the next step, causing a buildup of that specific precursor.
Each type of porphyria corresponds with a specific enzyme defect and an accumulation of the associated precursor.