antecedence
Americannoun
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the act of going before; precedence.
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Astronomy. (of a planet) apparent retrograde motion.
noun
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precedence; priority
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astronomy retrograde motion
Etymology
Origin of antecedence
Example Sentences
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The literature for the metaverse in its antecedence is dystopic.
From The Verge • Jul. 19, 2022
For your own guidance, as to His Imperial Majesty's antecedence, I am enclosing herein a copy of His Biography.
From Time Magazine Archive
In fact the antecedence must not only be unconditionally invariable, but must also be immediate.
From A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 by Dasgupta, Surendranath
Natural ability is the fixed and constituted antecedence itself.
From A Review of Edwards's by Tappan, Henry Philip
These have argued, that if cause be nothing more than invariable antecedence, then night may be said to be the cause of day, for the one invariably precedes the other.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. by Various
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