Preaction
//pɹiˈækʃən// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 previous action countable, uncountable
"Now, if an iron be touched before, it varieth not in this manner; for then it admits not this magnetical impression, as being already informed by the loadstone, and polarily determined by its preaction."
Example
More examples"Now, if an iron be touched before, it varieth not in this manner; for then it admits not this magnetical impression, as being already informed by the loadstone, and polarily determined by its preaction."
Etymology
From pre- + action.
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