Antecedence

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Antecedence \An`te*ced"ence\, n.
     1. The act or state of going before in time; precedence. --H.
        Spenser.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Astron.) An apparent motion of a planet toward the west;


        retrogradation.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  antecedence
       n : preceding in time [syn: {priority}, {antecedency}, {anteriority},
            {precedence}, {precedency}] [ant: {posteriority}]