precursor
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pre·cur·sor
(prĭ-kûr'sər, prē'kûr'sər) 
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- One that precedes and indicates, suggests, or announces someone or something to come: Colonial opposition to unfair taxation by the British was a precursor of the Revolution.
- One that precedes another; a forerunner or predecessor: The new principal's precursor was an eminent educator.
- A biochemical substance, such as an intermediate compound in a chain of enzymatic reactions, from which a more stable or definitive product is formed: a precursor of insulin.
[Middle English precursoure, from Old French precurseur, from Latin praecursor, from praecursus, past participle of praecurrere, to run before : prae-, pre- + currere, to run.]
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precursor
noun
- One that indicates or announces someone or something to come: forerunner, foreshadower, harbinger, herald, presager. See foresight, show/hide.
- One that precedes, as in time: ancestor, antecedent, forerunner, predecessor, progenitor. See precede/follow.
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(DOD) Any chemical reactant which takes place at any stage in the production by whatever method of a toxic chemical. This includes any key component of a binary or multicomponent chemical system. See also toxic chemical.
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precursor
Something that precedes. In biological processes, a substance from which another, usually more active or mature substance is formed. In clinical medicine, a clinical sign or syndrome that heralds another.
- p. fragments — see okazaki fragments.
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precursors
n.pl
Particles or compounds that precede something. In biochemistry, carbohydrates may serve as precursors for structural and functional molecules. The -blast suffix indicates the precursor cell of a structure, such as in the term odontoblast.
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categories related to 'precursor'
- Relative Time - precursor: person or thing that goes before
- Individuals and Objects - precursor: incident or phenomenon that portends future event
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Precursor
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Precursor or Precursors may refer to:
- A word meaning predecessor
- Gehrlein Precursor, a glider
- Precursor (chemistry), a compound that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound
- Precursor (physics), a phenomenon of wave propagation in dispersive media
- Earthquake precursor, a diagnostic phenomenon that can occur before an earthquake
- Precursor (bird), a hypothesized genus of fossil birds that was actually composed of fossilized parts of unrelated animals
- The Precursors (video game), a video game from Kiev-based developer Deep Shadows
- LNWR Whale Precursor Class, type of passenger locomotive developed for the London and North Western Railway
- Precursor, a novel set in the Foreigner universe by C. J. Cherryh
- Precursors, a fictional race (now extinct) of ancient beings in the board game Cosmic Encounter
- Precursors, a fictional alien race in the Star Control video game series
- Precursors, a fictional race of ancient beings in the video game Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
- Precursors, a fictional alien race in Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords video game
- Precursor, a Half-Life 2: Episode Two Modification
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Precursor
Dansk (Danish)
n. - forløber, forstadium
Nederlands (Dutch)
voorloper, aanleiding
Français (French)
n. - précurseur, signe avant-coureur, prélude, ancêtre
Deutsch (German)
n. - Wegbereiter, Vorgänger
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - προάγγελος, πρόδρομος
Português (Portuguese)
n. - precursor (m)
Русский (Russian)
предшественник, предтеча
Español (Spanish)
n. - precursor
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - förelöpare, förebud
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
先驱者, 先进者, 前导
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 先驅者, 先進者, 前導
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) بشير بمن سيأتي في أثره, ممهد السبيل, بادرة
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - בא לפני, מבשר, מקדים, חומר ממנו נוצר חומר אחר בריאקציה כימית
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