Definition for

precursor

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noun – A forerunner; also, that which precedes an event and indicates its approach.

noun – Synonyms Predecessor, herald, omen, sign.

noun – Specifically, in the history of the fine arts, an early artist of a school or period, or an artist who preceded such a school or period. The precursors of the Renaissance in Italy are the sculptors and painters of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. such as Niccola Pisano, Giotto, etc.

noun – One who, or that which, precedes an event, and indicates its approach; a forerunner; a harbinger.

noun – That which precurses, a forerunner, a predecessor, an indicator of approaching events.

noun – One of the compounds that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound.

noun – something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone

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