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precurrer

precurrer is the obsolete form of precursor.

Meaning of precursor

Noun

precursor (plural precursors)

  1. That which precurses: a forerunner, predecessor, or indicator of approaching events.
    • Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis:[…]. The evolutionary 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...2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist
  2. One of the compounds that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound.

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Forms of precurrer

pluralprecurrers

Questions about precurrer

What is precurrer the obsolete form of?
Precurrer is the obsolete form of precursor.

Words near precurrer in the dictionary

  1. precured
  2. precures
  3. precurfew
  4. precuring
  5. precurrent
  6. precurrer
  7. precurrers
  8. precurricular
  9. precursal
  10. precurse
  11. precursed

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