Borrowed fromLatin praecursor ( “ forerunner ” ) . Seeprecurse -or
precursor (plural precursors
That whichprecurses : aforerunner ,predecessor , or indicator of approaching events.2013 Katie L. Burke , “In the News ”, inAmerican Scientist Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis:[ …] 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 ) compounds that participates in thechemical reaction that produces another compound.forerunner, predecessor
Albanian:pris Bengali:অগ্রদূত (bn) ( ogrodut ) Bulgarian:предшественик (bg) m ( predšestvenik ) ,предвестник (bg) m ( predvestnik ) Catalan:precursor m Chinese:Mandarin:先驅 / 先驱 (zh) ( xiānqū ) Czech:předchůdce (cs) m Dutch:voorloper (nl) m French:précurseur (fr) m précurseuse (fr) f Georgian:წინამორბედი ( c̣inamorbedi ) German:Vorläufer (de) m Vorgänger (de) m Wegbereiter (de) m Vorbote (de) m Anzeichen (de) n Vorreiter (de) m Präkursor (de) m Amtsvorgänger (de) m Greek:Ancient Greek:πρόδρομος m ( pródromos ) Hungarian:előfutár (hu) Japanese:前兆 (ja) ( ぜんちょう , zenchō) ,先駆者 (ja) ( せんくしゃ , senkusha) Kazakh:ізашар ( ızaşar ) Korean:선구자 (ko) ( seon'guja ) Kurdish:Northern Kurdish:pêşeng (ku) m or f pêşrew (ku) m or f Macedonian:претходник m ( prethodnik ) ,предвесник m ( predvesnik ) Polish:prekursor (pl) m prekursorka (pl) f Portuguese:precursor (pt) m Russian:предше́ственник (ru) m ( predšéstvennik ) ,предше́ственница (ru) f ( predšéstvennica ) ,предве́стник (ru) m ( predvéstnik ) ,предве́стница (ru) f ( predvéstnica ) Spanish:precursor (es) m Swedish:förelöpare (sv) ,föregångare (sv) c Turkish:öncül (tr) Ukrainian:попере́дник m ( poperédnyk ) ,попере́дниця f ( poperédnycja ) ,предте́ча (uk) m or f ( predtéča ) Zulu:imvula (zu) class9/ 10
chemical compound
Bulgarian:изходно вещество n ( izhodno veštestvo ) Chinese:Mandarin:前體 / 前体 (zh) ( qiántǐ ) Dutch:precursor (nl) m Finnish:esiaste French:réactif (fr) m précurseur (fr) m German:Edukt (de) n Vorläufer (de) m Präkursor (de) m Vorform f Vorprodukt n Vorläuferverbindung f Vorläufersubstanz f Vorstufe (de) f Hungarian:prekurzor Indonesian:prekursor (id) Italian:precursore (it) Japanese:前駆物質 ( ぜんくぶっしつ , zenku-busshitu) ,前駆体 ( ぜんくたい , zenku-tai) Korean:전구체 ( jeon'guche ) Polish:prekursor (pl) m Portuguese:precursor (pt) Russian:предше́ственник (ru) m ( predšéstvennik ) ,реакти́в (ru) m ( reaktív ) Spanish:precursor (es)
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precursor (notcomparable )
( telecommunications , ofintersymbol interference ) symbol .Antonym: postcursor Borrowed fromLatin praecursōrem
precursor (feminine precursora masculine plural precursors feminine plural precursores
precursory ,preceding precursor m plural precursors feminine precursora
precursor FromLatin praecursor
precursor m plural precursors or precursoren diminutive precursortje n
precursor forerunner “precursor ” inWoordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling , Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language] This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with theIPA then please add some!
precursor m plural precursors feminine precursora feminine plural precursoras
forerunner ,precursor Borrowed fromLatin praecursōrem
precursor m plural precursores feminine precursora feminine plural precursoras
precursor forerunner ( something that led to the development of another ) precursor (feminine precursora masculine plural precursores feminine plural precursoras
precursory ( pertaining to events that will follow ) Borrowed fromFrench précurseur
precursor m plural precursori feminine equivalent precursoare
precursor Borrowed fromLatin praecursōrem
IPA (key ) : /pɾekuɾˈsoɾ/ [pɾe.kuɾˈsoɾ] Rhymes:-oɾ Syllabification:pre‧cur‧sor precursor (feminine precursora masculine plural precursores feminine plural precursoras
precursory ,preceding precursor m plural precursores feminine precursora feminine plural precursoras
precursor forerunner 
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