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Webster 1913 Edition


Antecedence

Anˊte-ced′ence

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Noun.
1.
The act or state of going before in time; precedence.
H. Spenser.
2.
(Astron.)
An apparent motion of a planet toward the west; retrogradation.

Webster 1828 Edition


Antecedence

ANTECE'DENCE

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Noun.
The act or state of going before in time; precedence. In astronomy, an apparent motion of a planet towards the west, or contrary to the order of the signs.

Definition 2024


antécédence

antécédence

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French

Noun

antécédence f (plural antécédences)

  1. antecedence