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precursor
/pɹɪˈkɜɹ.səɹ/
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What does precursor mean?
noun
- That which precurses: a forerunner, predecessor, or indicator of approaching events.
- One of the compounds that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound.
adjective
- Caused by the following symbol.
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IPA pronunciation
/pɹɪˈkɜɹ.səɹ/
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Shall we reproach him with these insanities, when we hear another, misled by the Monkey's build, acclaim the Pithecanthropus as man's precursor?
“It may give him a sleepless night. He will find it as sure a precursor of his fate as Openshaw did before him.”
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His was not "black magic," claiming the aid of Satan, but "white magic," bringing into service the laws of nature--the precursor of applied science.
He rightly judged this to be the precursor of open hostilities, and hastened his preparations to put Carolina and Georgia in a state of defense.
This propaganda was not without its effect, and, but for the excellent Allied gas discipline, would have been an effective precursor to the gas itself.