Natural hazards are excluded as a cause; however human activities can indirectly affect phenomena such as floods and bush fires. This is considered to be an important topic of the 21st century due to the implications land degradation has upon agronomic productivity, the environment, and its effects on food security.
prepress. 1  of or relating to all operations other than the preparation of the press that are required in preparing a job for printing. ( 2 of a proof) pulled from a finished plate prior to or in lieu of a press proof.
Preposition(noun) a word employed to connect a noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word; a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word; -- so called because usually placed before the word with which it is phrased; as, a bridge of iron; he ...