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Definitions for precipitance
pre·cip·i·tance
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Princeton's WordNet
abruptness, precipitateness, precipitousness, precipitance, precipitancy, suddennessnoun
the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Precipitance, Precipitancynoun
Rash haste; headlong hurry.
Etymology: from precipitant.
Thither they haste with glad precipitance. John Milton.
’Tis not likely that one of a thousand such precipitancies should be crowned with so unexpected an issue. Joseph Glanvill.
As the chymist, by catching at it too soon, lost the philosophical elixir, so precipitancy of our understanding is an occasion of error. Joseph Glanvill, Sceps.
We apply present remedies according unto indications, respecting rather the acuteness of disease and precipitancy of occasion, than the rising or setting of stars. Brown.
Hurried on by the precipitancy of youth, I took this opportunity to send a letter to the secretary. Gulliver’s Travels.
A rashness and precipitance of judgment, and hastiness to believe something on one side or the other, plunges us into many errors. Isaac Watts, Logick.
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precipitance
Precipitance refers to the quality of doing something quickly or suddenly without careful consideration of the consequences; hasty or abrupt rashness. It can also refer to the action of precipitating a substance from a solution.
Webster Dictionary
Precipitancenoun
alt. of Precipitancy
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of precipitance in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of precipitance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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