antecedence

2 definitions found

antecedence - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Antecedence \An`te*ced"ence\, n.
     1. The act or state of going before in time; precedence. --H.
        Spenser.
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     2. (Astron.) An apparent motion of a planet toward the west;
        retrogradation.
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antecedence - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  antecedence
      n 1: preceding in time [syn: priority, antecedence,
           antecedency, anteriority, precedence, precedency]
           [ant: posteriority, subsequence, subsequentness]