 precipitant |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] done with very great haste and without due deliberation | |
| Synonyms: | overhasty precipitate precipitous hasty | |
| Examples: | "hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes "wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king" |
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| Related terms: | hurried | |
| 2. | [ noun ] an agent that causes a precipitate to form | |
| Related terms: | substance agent dimethylglyoxime precipitate | |
| Similar spelling: |
precipitate precipitator precipitancy precipitance precipitin precipitation precipitating precipitately precipitous precipitously precipice preceptor |
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