Precursor Meaning. While all these words mean one that goes before or announces the coming of another precursor applies to a person or thing paving the way for the success or accomplishment of another. An example of precursor is how radio came before but helped create television.

In the field of flame synthesis precursor means the substance before chemical reaction. Something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone. That which precurses a forerunner a predecessor an indicator of approaching events.
A biochemical substance such as an intermediate compound in a chain of enzymatic reactions from which a more stable or definitive product is formed.
An example of precursor is how radio came before but helped create television. A precursor of something is a similar thing that happened or existed before it often. The pre-meal selection of chutneys is a precursor of the sharp flavours to come. Sometimes precursor cell is used as an alternative term for unipotent stem cells.