antecedence [
`æntə'sidn.s]
n. 先, 居先, 先行
antecedence[ noun ]
preceding in time
<noun.attribute>
Antecedence \An`te*ced"ence\, n.
1. The act or state of going before in time; precedence. --H.
Spenser.
2. (Astron.) An apparent motion of a planet toward the west;
retrogradation.