preconditioning
preconditioning is the present participle and gerund of precondition.
Meaning of precondition
Verb
precondition (third-person singular simple present preconditions, present participle preconditioning, simple past and past participle preconditioned)
- To condition in advance
- The hearts were preconditioned by either ischemia or bradykinin or adenosine.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
Noun
preconditioning (countable and uncountable, plural preconditionings)
- The act of preparing something for a subsequent action.
Forms of preconditioning
| plural | preconditionings |
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Questions about preconditioning
- What does preconditioning mean?
- Preconditioning means the act of preparing something for a subsequent action.
- What is preconditioning the present participle and gerund of?
- Preconditioning is the present participle and gerund of precondition.
- What part of speech is preconditioning?
- Preconditioning is a noun.
- What is the plural of preconditioning?
- The plural of preconditioning is preconditionings.
Words near preconditioning in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: preconditioning (page history and authors); precondition (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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