precipitate

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Verb 1.1.2.1 Derived terms 1.1.2.2 Related terms 1.1.2.3 Translations 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Pronunciation 1.2.2 Noun 1.2.2.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 3 1.3.1 Pronunciation 1.3.2 Adjective 1.3.2.1 Translations 1.3.2.2 Derived terms 1.4 Related terms 1.5 External links 1.6 Anagrams 2 Italian 2.1 Adjective 2.2 Verb

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Latin praecipitō (“‘throw down, hurl down’”) < praeceps (“‘head foremost, headlong’”) < prae (“‘before’”) + caput (“‘head’”).

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• (RP, US) IPA: /prɪˈsɪpɪteɪt/, /prəˈsɪpɪteɪt/
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[edit] Verb

to precipitate (third-person singular simple present precipitates, present participle precipitating, simple past and past participle precipitated)

1. (transitive) To make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten.
2. (transitive) To throw an object or person from a great height.
3. (transitive) To send violently into a certain state or condition.
4. (intransitive, chemistry) To come out of a liquid solution into solid form.

   Adding the acid will cause the salt to precipitate.

5. (transitive, chemistry) To separate a substance out of a liquid solution into solid form.
6. (intransitive, meteorology) To have water in the air fall to the ground, for example as rain, snow, sleet, or hail; be deposited as condensed droplets.

   It will precipitate tomorrow, but we don't know whether as rain or snow.

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• precipitated
• precipitator

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• precipice
• precipitation

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[edit] Etymology 2

From Latin praecipitatum

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• (RP, US) IPA: /prɪˈsɪpɪtət/, /prəˈsɪpɪtət/
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[edit] Noun

precipitate (plural precipitates)

1. A product resulting from a process, event, or course of action.
2. (chemistry) A solid that exits the liquid phase of a solution.

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[edit] Etymology 3

From Latin praecipitatus

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• (RP, US) IPA: /prɪˈsɪpɪtət/, /prəˈsɪpɪtət/
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[edit] Adjective

precipitate (comparative more precipitate, superlative most precipitate)

1. Headlong; falling steeply or vertically.
2. Very steep; precipitous.
3. With a hasty impulse; hurried; headstrong.
4. Moving with excessive speed or haste.
5. Performed very rapidly or abruptly.

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• precipitately
• precipitateness

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• precipitous

[edit] External links

• precipitate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• precipitate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• precipitate at OneLook® Dictionary Search

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aceeiipprtt
• peripatetic, Peripatetic

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Adjective

precipitate pl.

1. Feminine form of precipitato.

[edit] Verb

precipitate

1. second-person plural present tense of precipitare
2. second-person plural imperative of precipitare
3. feminine plural past participle of precipitare