Precondition vs Assumption - What's the difference?
precondition | assumption |
A requirement which must be satisfied before taking a course of action.
(medicine, biology) To condition in advance
* {{quote-journal, 1996, C. Weinbrenner et al., Loss of glycogen during preconditioning is not a prerequisite for protection of the rabbit heart , Basic Research in Cardiology, volume=91, issue=5
, passage= The hearts were preconditioned by either ischemia or bradykinin or adenosine.}}
The act of assuming]], or taking to or upon one's self; the act of [[take up, taking up or adopting.
The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
* {{quote-journal, year=1976, author=, title=The Journal of Aesthetic Education, Volume 10
, passage=No doubt a finite evaluative argument must make some unargued evaluative assumptions, just as finite factual arguments must make some unargued factual assumptions.}}
(logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
The taking of a person up into heaven.
A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven.
(rhetoric) Assumptio.
As nouns the difference between precondition and assumption
is that precondition is a requirement which must be satisfied before taking a course of action while assumption is the act of assuming]], or taking to or upon one's self; the act of [[take up|taking up or adopting.As a verb precondition
is (medicine|biology) to condition in advance.precondition
English
Noun
- A marriage licence is a precondition for a wedding.
Derived terms
* preconditionalVerb
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assumption
English
(Webster 1913)Noun
(en noun)- His assumption of secretarial duties was timely.
- Their assumption of his guilt disqualified them from jury duty.
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