A
precursor is something that happens or exists before something else, often indicating that it will later develop or lead to that something else.
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In this sense he may be seen as an important
precursor of Pop Art and its use of popular imagery.
Usually, dating in some cases acts
as precursor to marriage.
As ignorance is a necessary
precursor for stereotypes, which in turn is necessary for prejudice, it is a very serious problem.
Another cell, called a beige fat cell, is an energy - burning cell that comes from the same
precursor cell as white fat cells.
And, we will address that pain
precursor in more detail later.
The tiny aerosol particles can originate from e.g. dust, pollen or sea spray, emitted straight into the atmosphere or they can be formed
from precursor gases.
Take healthy fats out of your diet and you'll be sacrificing cholesterol — an
important precursor for making steroid hormones such as testosterone and cortisol.
And since beta - carotene is an important
precursor molecule for Vitamin A, it also plays a role in the development of healthy skin as well as healthy and shiny coat.
Based
on precursor nominations and wins, the field seems shallow in a way that doesn't fully represent the great year for Best Actor 2017 was, particularly in genre performances.
But despite missing some
early precursor prizes, everything seems to be aligned for him this time: prestige production, meaty role, towering portrayal.
It seems like every single day now there's a new
major precursor announcement, doesn't it?
It's a
good precursor lesson to teach your children about the benefits of self - control.
This allowed him to begin to strengthen the stabilizing muscles in his hips to bear his weight and the position was a
great precursor to crawling.
We believe the importance of singing together as a family is the
main precursor to actually singing together as a congregation.
But
precursor lesions that form in the pancreas and its ducts can signal the disease before it strikes, and when caught early enough, they can be prevented from progressing to become cancer.
A sustained period of rate increases, for the reasons mentioned above, is nonetheless seen by many others as a problem for markets and a
potential precursor of the next crisis.
The team showed in mouse models that these two types of cells originate from a
common precursor stem cell in the embryo.
Or, one material could be used as a template to be coated by another material with the simple substitution of
precursor materials.
With a cell - by - cell assessment of gene activity they are monitoring
how precursor cells shape and organize themselves into something loosely resembling a functioning liver.
Few people realise kale has as much protein per gram as steak — with all the amazing amount of vitamin
A precursor and other good stuff that you miss out on with the steak.
But many scientists doubt that
egg precursor cells actually exist.
And because eating is a
critical precursor to sleeping, the lodge's restaurant has been described as one of the country's finest new - generation dining establishments.
So its amount depends not only on temperature and amount of sunshine but also the presence of
precursor gases such as nitrogen oxide.
They used pharmaceutical drugs to catch and maintain heart stem cells at the cardiac
precursor state before they developed into fully - functional heart cells.
To be sure, some
vital precursor technology was lacking, particularly the computational horsepower needed to reveal your friends - of - friends - of - friends.
Vitamin D is a
hormonal precursor and science is constantly linking deficiency of Vitamin D to increased incidence of many diseases.
In the manufacturing process, the film is placed inside a small chamber and prepared by being treated with a «sticky»
precursor layer.
This is a
natural precursor to assessing how children read unfamiliar words and books.
In these early phases, skeletal muscle cells and white fat cells have a
shared precursor cell.
Plus, she didn't get much
precursor love for her other nominations either.
«Now this is helping us argue that at this very low temperature, the
small precursor molecules can actually react with each other,» she says.
Now, we're going to look back at a shared feature between the two
precursor games that both earned much praise in their time — the open worlds.
This led to the widely accepted conclusion that it can not be proposed as a reliable
earthquake precursor.
As we've thoroughly discussed already, brown fat and skeletal muscle cells have the
same precursor cells.