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Princeton's WordNet

  1. precipitating(a)adjective

    bringing on suddenly or abruptly

    "the completion of the railroad was the precipitating cause in the extinction of waterborne commerce"

Wikipedia

  1. precipitating

    In an aqueous solution, precipitation is the process of transforming a dissolved substance into an insoluble solid from a super-saturated solution. The solid formed is called the precipitate. In case of an inorganic chemical reaction leading to precipitation, the chemical reagent causing the solid to form is called the precipitant.The clear liquid remaining above the precipitated or the centrifuged solid phase is also called the 'supernate' or 'supernatant'. The notion of precipitation can also be extended to other domains of chemistry (organic chemistry and biochemistry) and even be applied to the solid phases (e.g., metallurgy and alloys) when solid impurities segregate from a solid phase.

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  1. precipitating

    Precipitating refers to causing something to happen suddenly or unexpectedly, often a negative event or situation. It can also refer to the process in which a substance is separated out of a solution in a solid form, in the context of chemistry. Additionally, in meteorology, it describes the process of rain, snow, or other forms of water falling from the sky.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Precipitating

    of Precipitate

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of precipitating in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of precipitating in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of precipitating in a Sentence

  1. Richard Blumenthal:

    Ultimately, there may be subpoenas to the President of the United States, just as occurred in 1973 precipitating 'United States v. Nixon' and the similar firing of a special prosecutor, so what's needed now is an independent counsel and special prosecutor.

  2. Joe Buccino:

    Secretary Shanahan was not aware of the directive to move the USS John S McCain nor was he aware of the concern precipitating the directive.

  3. William Foster:

    Investors started to get really concerned about the Fed's messaging that it was going to continue to tighten, despite what appeared to be increasing risks to the global economy, that ultimately spooked the market in a way that they thought Boston Fed might be precipitating a recession.

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