Meaning of PRECIPITANT
| Pronunciation: | | pri'sipitnt
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- [n] an agent that causes a precipitate to form
- [adj] 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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| | Synonyms: | | hasty, hurried, overhasty, precipitate |
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| | See Also: | | agent, dimethylglyoxime | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Pre*cip"i*tant\, a. [L. praecipitans, -antis, p.
pr. of praecipitare: cf. F. pr['e]cipitant. See
{Precipitate}.]
1. Falling or rushing headlong; rushing swiftly, violently,
or recklessly; moving precipitately.
They leave their little lives Above the clouds,
precipitant to earth. --J. Philips.
Should he return, that troop so blithe and bold,
Precipitant in fear would wing their flight. --Pope.
2. Unexpectedly or foolishly brought on or hastened; rashly
hurried; hasty; sudden; reckless. --Jer. Taylor.
``Precipitant rebellion.'' --Eikon Basilike.
\Pre*cip"i*tant\, n. (Chem.)
Any force or reagent which causes the formation of a
precipitate.
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