前ぜん項こう

noun

preceding clause; previous paragraph

Refers to the immediately preceding section in a text, contract, or legal document. Often contrasted with 後項 (the following clause).

See also: 後項

• 前ぜん項こうの規き定ていに従したがい、契けい約やくを解かい除じょする。

  In accordance with the provisions of the preceding clause, the contract shall be terminated.

• 前ぜん項こうで述のべたように、この問もん題だいは複ふく雑ざつである。

  As mentioned in the previous paragraph, this issue is complex.

noun

antecedent (of a ratio)

Mathematics term: the first term in a ratio, i.e., the numerator or the quantity before the colon. Antonym: 後項 (consequent).

See also: 後項

• 比ひでは、前まえの数かずを前ぜん項こう、後うしろの数かずを後こう項こうという。

  In a ratio, the first number is called the antecedent and the second the consequent.