ALL meanings of precondition
pre·con·di·tion
P p - noun precondition something that must come before or is necessary to a subsequent result; condition: a precondition for a promotion. 1
- verb with object precondition to subject (a person or thing) to a special treatment in preparation for a subsequent experience, process, test, etc.: to precondition a surface to receive paint. 1
- noun precondition sth stipulated, prerequisite 1
- countable noun precondition If one thing is a precondition for another, it must happen or be done before the second thing can happen or exist. 0
- noun precondition a necessary or required condition; prerequisite 0
- verb precondition to present successively two stimuli to (an organism) without reinforcement so that they become associated; if a response is then conditioned to the second stimulus on its own, the same response will be evoked by the first stimulus 0
- verb transitive precondition to prepare (someone or something) to behave, react, etc. in a certain way under certain conditions 0
- noun precondition a condition required beforehand if something else is to occur, be done, etc. 0