precondition

See also: précondition

English

Etymology

pre- +‎ condition

Noun

precondition (plural preconditions)

A requirement which must be satisfied before taking a course of action.
A marriage licence is a precondition for a wedding.

Synonyms

prerequisite

Derived terms

preconditional

Translations

preexisting requirement

Armenian: նախապայման (hy) (naxapayman)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 前提 (zh) (qiántí), 先決條件 (zh), 先决条件 (zh) (xiānjúe tiáojiàn)
Danish: forudsætning c, betingelse c
Dutch: voorwaarde (nl) f
Finnish: edellytys (fi), ehto (fi), ennakkoehto
French: condition préalable f, précondition (fr) f
German: Vorbedingung (de) f, Voraussetzung (de) f
Hungarian: előfeltétel (hu)

Japanese: 前提 (ja) (ぜんてい, zentei), 前提条件 (ぜんていじょうけん, zentei jōken)
Korean: 전제 조건 (jeonje jogeon)
Persian: پیش بایست‎ (piš bâyast), پیش شرط‎ (piš šart)
Portuguese: pré-condição (pt)
Russian: предвари́тельное усло́вие n (predvarítelʹnoje uslóvije), (prerequisite) предпосы́лка (ru) f (predposýlka)
Swedish: förutsättning (sv), betingelse (sv) c
Turkish: önşart, önkoşul

Verb

precondition (third-person singular simple present preconditions, present participle preconditioning, simple past and past participle preconditioned)

(medicine, biology) To condition in advance
- 1996, C. Weinbrenner et al., “Loss of glycogen during preconditioning is not a prerequisite for protection of the rabbit heart”, in Basic Research in Cardiology‎, volume 91, number 5:
  The hearts were preconditioned by either ischemia or bradykinin or adenosine.

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