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precipitant
(encz) | precipitant,srážedlo n: Zdeněk Brož |
Precipitant
(gcide) | Precipitant \Pre*cip"i*tant\, n. (Chem.)
Any force or reagent which causes the formation of a
precipitate.
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Precipitant
(gcide) | Precipitant \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.
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They leave their little lives
Above the clouds, precipitant to earth. --J.
Philips.
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Should he return, that troop so blithe and bold,
Precipitant in fear would wing their flight. --Pope.
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2. Unexpectedly or foolishly brought on or hastened; rashly
hurried; hasty; sudden; reckless. --Jer. Taylor.
"Precipitant rebellion." --Eikon Basilike.
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precipitant
(wn) | precipitant
adj 1: 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" [syn: hasty,
overhasty, precipitate, precipitant, precipitous]
n 1: an agent that causes a precipitate to form |
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precipitant
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Precipitantly
(gcide) | Precipitantly \Pre*cip"i*tant*ly\, adv.
With rash or foolish haste; in headlong manner. --Milton.
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Precipitantness
(gcide) | Precipitantness \Pre*cip"i*tant*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being precipitant; precipitation.
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precipitant
(wn) | precipitant
adj 1: 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" [syn: hasty,
overhasty, precipitate, precipitant, precipitous]
n 1: an agent that causes a precipitate to form |
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