antecedent /an-ti-sēˈdənt/

1. Going before in time
2. Prior

1. That which precedes in time
2. An ancestor
3. The noun or its equivalent to which a relative pronoun refers (grammar)
4. The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition (logic)
5. The numerator term of a ratio (mathematics)
6. (in pl) previous principles, conduct, history, etc

• memory bank
• memory banks
• memory board
• memory boards
• memory card
• memory foam
• memory lane
• memory leak
• memory leaks
• memory manager
• memory managers
• memory mapping
• memory-resident
• memory span
• memory spans
• Memory Stick®
• memory trace
• memory traces
• memos
• Memphian
• Memphite
• Memphitic
• mems
• MEMS
• memsahib