Definitions of precipitate [pre&syl;cip&prim;i&syl;tance,]

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Definition of 'precipitate'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) precipitate
to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely or suddenly:
to precipitate a crisis.

2.  precipitate
to fling or hurl down.

3.  precipitate
to cast violently or abruptly:
to precipitate oneself into a struggle.

4.  precipitate
to separate (a substance) in solid form from a solution, as by means of a reagent.

5. (v.i.) precipitate
to fall to the earth's surface as a condensed form of water; to rain, snow, hail, drizzle, etc.

6.  precipitate
to separate from a solution as a precipitate.

7.  precipitate
to be cast down headlong.

8. (adj.) precipitate
done or made without sufficient deliberation; overhasty; rash:
a precipitate marriage.

9.  precipitate
rushing or falling headlong.

10.  precipitate
proceeding rapidly or with great haste:
a precipitate retreat.

11.  precipitate
exceedingly sudden or abrupt.

12. (n.) precipitate
a substance precipitated from a solution.

13.  precipitate
moisture condensed in the form of rain, snow, etc.

Etymology: (1520–30; < L praecipitātus, ptp. of praecipitāre to hurl down, cause to fall, v. der. of

Definition of 'precipitate'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) precipitate
a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering

2. (verb) 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"

3. (verb) precipitate
bring about abruptly
"The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution"

4. (verb) precipitate
separate as a fine suspension of solid particles

5. (verb) precipitate, come down, fall
fall from clouds
"rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"

6. (verb) precipitate
fall vertically, sharply, or headlong
"Our economy precipitated into complete ruin"

7. (verb) precipitate
hurl or throw violently
"The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below"

Definition of 'precipitate'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) precipitate
overhasty; rash; as, the king was too precipitate in declaring war

2. (adj) precipitate
lacking due deliberation or care; hurried; said or done before the time; as, a precipitate measure

3. (adj) precipitate
falling, flowing, or rushing, with steep descent; headlong

4. (adj) precipitate
ending quickly in death; brief and fatal; as, a precipitate case of disease

5. (noun) precipitate
an insoluble substance separated from a solution in a concrete state by the action of some reagent added to the solution, or of some force, such as heat or cold. The precipitate may fall to the bottom (whence the name), may be diffused through the solution, or may float at or near the surface

6. (verb) precipitate
to throw headlong; to cast down from a precipice or height

7. (verb) precipitate
to urge or press on with eager haste or violence; to cause to happen, or come to a crisis, suddenly or too soon; as, precipitate a journey, or a conflict

8. (verb) precipitate
to separate from a solution, or other medium, in the form of a precipitate; as, water precipitates camphor when in solution with alcohol

9. (verb) precipitate
to dash or fall headlong

10. (verb) precipitate
to hasten without preparation

11. (verb) precipitate
to separate from a solution as a precipitate. See Precipitate, n

Translation of 'precipitate'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the substance that settles at the bottom of a liquid.
Afrikaans: afsaksel	Arabic: مادّة مُتَرَسِّبَه	Bulgarian: утайка
Brazilian: precipitado	Czech: usazenina	German: der Niederschlag
Danish: bundfald	Greek: ίζημα	Spanish: precipitado
Estonian: sade	Farsi: رسوب	Finnish: saostuma
French: précipité	Hebrew: מִשקָע	Hindi: तलछट घोल का अवक्षिप्त पदा
Croatian: talog, padalina	Hungarian: üledék	Indonesian: endapan
Icelandic: botnfall	Italian: precipitato	Japanese: 沈澱物
Korean: 침전물	Lithuanian: nuosėdos	Latvian: nogulsnes
Malay: mendak	Dutch: bezinksel	Norwegian: bunnfall
Polish: osad	Persian: رسوب، چيزيكه در ته مايعات	Pashto: رسوب، هغه شى چې د مايعاتو
Portuguese: precipitado	Romanian: precipitat	Russian: осадок
Slovak: usadenina	Slovenian: usedlina	Serbian: talog
Swedish: fällning	Thai: ตะกอน	Turkish: tortu,çökelti
Taiwanese: 沈澱物	Ukrainian: осад	Urdu: تلچھٹ
Vietnamese: chất kết tủa	Chinese: 沉淀物
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