Word of the Day:
antecedence
What It Means
The relationship of preceding something in time or order.
That which precedes something or someone (e.g. prior events, origin, ancestry).
The length of time by which one event or time period precedes another.
Antecedence in Context
“Speculation as to how the Green River established its course across the Uinta Mountains led Powell to introduce such terms as “superposition” and “antecedence” to identify processes by which streams are able to establish and maintain courses across mountain barriers.”
Did You Know?
From Latin antecēdentia from Latin antecēdēns (“preceding”), from antecēdō (“go before”).
Source and license
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