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Definition of precursory in English: precursory(also precursive) adjective prɪˈkəːs(ə)ripriˈkərsəri Preceding something in time, development, or position; preliminary. 前兆的；先兆的；预备的 precursory seismic activity 前兆地震。 Example sentencesExamples - Steven Soter, an astronomer in the Museum's Department of Astrophysics, is researching seismic precursory phenomena and the geoarchaeology of ancient Helike, a Greek city destroyed by an earthquake in 373 B.C.
- The collapse will occur during some future eruption after days or weeks of precursory deformation and earthquakes,’ Dr Day predicted.
- In any event, we are seeing many alarming precursory symptoms of social and political instability.
- It can take off in a completely different and original direction, making up for all the endless precursory scenes we have had to sit through.
- These poems invite the reader to recall, however vaguely, the precursory cultural texts that they revise and ironize.
- Short-term earthquake prediction, on the other hand, is more deterministic and relies on the detection of precursory phenomena.
- The amendments to the Armed Forces Act include a provision under which the contracts of the professional soldiers would include a paragraph for precursory agreement for participation in missions abroad.
- This eruption began in July 1995 with phreatic explosions following 3 years of precursory seismic activity.
- They have developed algorithms to detect precursory earthquake patterns.
- In challenging the myths of mulatto fiction by precursory white writers, in particular, Fauset reveals the fundamentally political nature of her novels.
- These councils, precursory legislatures, steadily gained in power, and eventually became elected legislatures, although at first the franchise was limited to a very narrow elite.
- With such a network in place, it should be possible to detect precursory displacements and to provide a timely warning of any impending landslide.
- The activity observed in 1994 occurred largely at the site of the 1998 eruption and may have indicated precursory volcanic activity at a site on the brink of an eruption.
- And, of course, the precursory element of love should also exist.
Synonyms preliminary, prior, previous, antecedent, preceding, introductory, preparatory, prefatory warning, premonitory rare anterior, precursive, preludial, prelusive, prevenient
OriginLate 16th century: from Latin praecursorius, from praecurs- 'preceded' (see precursor). Definition of precursory in US English: precursoryadjectivepriˈkərsəriprēˈkərsərē Preceding something in time, development, or position; preliminary. 前兆的；先兆的；预备的 precursory seismic activity 前兆地震。 Example sentencesExamples - This eruption began in July 1995 with phreatic explosions following 3 years of precursory seismic activity.
- And, of course, the precursory element of love should also exist.
- It can take off in a completely different and original direction, making up for all the endless precursory scenes we have had to sit through.
- These councils, precursory legislatures, steadily gained in power, and eventually became elected legislatures, although at first the franchise was limited to a very narrow elite.
- Steven Soter, an astronomer in the Museum's Department of Astrophysics, is researching seismic precursory phenomena and the geoarchaeology of ancient Helike, a Greek city destroyed by an earthquake in 373 B.C.
- The activity observed in 1994 occurred largely at the site of the 1998 eruption and may have indicated precursory volcanic activity at a site on the brink of an eruption.
- In challenging the myths of mulatto fiction by precursory white writers, in particular, Fauset reveals the fundamentally political nature of her novels.
- These poems invite the reader to recall, however vaguely, the precursory cultural texts that they revise and ironize.
- The collapse will occur during some future eruption after days or weeks of precursory deformation and earthquakes,’ Dr Day predicted.
- In any event, we are seeing many alarming precursory symptoms of social and political instability.
- Short-term earthquake prediction, on the other hand, is more deterministic and relies on the detection of precursory phenomena.
- The amendments to the Armed Forces Act include a provision under which the contracts of the professional soldiers would include a paragraph for precursory agreement for participation in missions abroad.
- They have developed algorithms to detect precursory earthquake patterns.
- With such a network in place, it should be possible to detect precursory displacements and to provide a timely warning of any impending landslide.
Synonyms preliminary, prior, previous, antecedent, preceding, introductory, preparatory, prefatory
OriginLate 16th century: from Latin praecursorius, from praecurs- ‘preceded’ (see precursor). |