antecedentaladj.
/ˌantᵻˈsiːd(ə)ntl/, /ˈantᵻˌsiːd(ə)ntl/, U.S. /ˌæn(t)əˈsidənt(ə)l/ rare.
1. Of the nature of an antecedent or precursor; (also) preceding in time or order; = antecedent adj. 1.
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the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adjective]
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1763 Philos. Surv. Nature 82 These therefore we deliberate on, antecedental and consequential, so far as we are able to discover them.
1839 Morning Post 24 May 3/4 The antecedental dreams of Halley, Wren, Hook, and others upon gravitation, lost in the noon day realities of Newton.
1850 Era 24 Mar. 9/3 Seeing that we are on the eve of a gigantic display of modern industry and art..any antecedental exhibition of really sterling works of art must be productive of important results.
1952 Salt Lake Tribune 23 Oct. 21/2 This is because of ‘antecedental conditions’, which have been inherited from last winter's heavy snows, engineers said.
2007 J. N. Rosen Erosion Amer. Sporting Ethos vi. 179 Self-esteem..also displays deep antecedental roots dating back to Puritan era self-help literature.
2. Mathematics. Designating a method of performing calculus based on the use of the antecedents of certain ratios. See antecedent n. 3. Now historical.
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the world > relative properties > number > ratio or proportion > [adjective] > numerical elements of
antecedental1793
1793 J. Glenie Antecedental Calculus 10 As it is a branch of general geometrical proportion, or universal comparison, and is derived from an examination of the Antecedents of Ratios..I have called it the Antecedental Calculus.
1800 Monthly Rev. Jan. 5 Whatever advantages the antecedental calculus may possess over the fluxionary in extent of application, it is inferior to it in evidence.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 45 Antecedental method. A branch of general geometrical proportion, or universal comparison of ratios.
1989 N. Guicciardini Devel. Newtonian Calculus in Brit. vii. 104 The aim of Glenie's antecedental calculus was to construct a ‘Geometrical Method’ which was independent of any ‘consideration of Motion and Velocity’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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