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1. (adj.) precipitant
hasty, sudden, or headlong; precipitate.
2. (n.) precipitant
Chem. something that causes precipitation.
Etymology: (1600–10; < L praecipitant- (s. of praecipitāns), prp. of praecipitāre to hurl down)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) precipitant
an agent that causes a precipitate to form
2. (adj) hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitant, precipitous
done with very great haste and without due deliberation
"hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare; "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes; "rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion"; "wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) precipitant
falling or rushing headlong; rushing swiftly, violently, or recklessly; moving precipitately
2. (adj) precipitant
unexpectedly or foolishly brought on or hastened; rashly hurried; hasty; sudden; reckless
3. (noun) precipitant
any force or reagent which causes the formation of a precipitate
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