preaction

English

Etymology

pre- +‎ action

Noun

preaction (countable and uncountable, plural preactions)

  1. previous action
    • Sir Thomas Browne
      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.

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