Dictionary
pre•con•di•tion
Pronunciation: (prē"kun-dish'un), [key]—
n.
something that must come before or is necessary to a subsequent result; condition:
a precondition for a promotion.
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v.t.
to subject (a person or thing) to a special treatment in preparation for a subsequent experience, process, test, etc.:
to precondition a surface to receive paint. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.