different between premiss vs precondition

English

Alternative forms

• præmise (archaic or pedantic)
• præmiss (archaic)

Noun

premiss (plural premisses)

1. Alternative spelling of premise
   • 1863, George Eliot, Romola, Volume III, Book III, Chapter XVII, page 173

     […] that he might have no excuse for evading the test, the Franciscan declared himself willing to be a victim to this high logic, and to be burned for the sake of securing the necessary minor premiss.

Verb

premiss (third-person singular simple present premisses, present participle premissing, simple past and past participle premissed)

1. Alternative spelling of premise

Anagrams

• Persism, impress, mispers, permiss, simpers

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin praemissa.

Noun

premiss m or n (definite singular premissen or premisset, indefinite plural premisser or premiss, definite plural premissene or premissa)

1. a premise

References

• “premiss” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin praemissa, from praemittere

Noun

premiss m (definite singular premissen, indefinite plural premissar, definite plural premissane)

1. a premise

References

• “premiss” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Etymology

pre- +? condition

Noun

precondition (plural preconditions)

1. A requirement which must be satisfied before taking a course of action.

   A marriage licence is a precondition for a wedding.

Synonyms

• prerequisite

Derived terms

• preconditional

Translations

Verb

precondition (third-person singular simple present preconditions, present participle preconditioning, simple past and past participle preconditioned)

1. (medicine, biology) To condition in advance