precipitate
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- præcipitate (obsolete)
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Latin praecipitō (“throw down, hurl down”), from praeceps (“head foremost, headlong”), from prae (“before”) + caput (“head”).
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precipitate (third-person singular simple present precipitates, present participle precipitating, simple past and past participle precipitated)
- (transitive) To make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten.
- (transitive) To throw an object or person from a great height.
- (transitive) To send violently into a certain state or condition.
- (intransitive, chemistry) To come out of a liquid solution into solid form.
- Adding the acid will cause the salt to precipitate.
- (transitive, chemistry) To separate a substance out of a liquid solution into solid form.
- (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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Translations [edit]
make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten
To throw an object or person from a great height
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To come out of a liquid solution into solid form
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To separate out of a liquid solution into solid form
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To have water in the air fall to the ground
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Etymology 2 [edit]
From Latin praecipitatum
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Noun [edit]
precipitate (plural precipitates)
- A product resulting from a process, event, or course of action.
- (chemistry) A solid that exits the liquid phase of a solution.
Translations [edit]
chemistry: solid that exits the liquid phase of a solution
Etymology 3 [edit]
From Latin praecipitatus
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Adjective [edit]
precipitate (comparative more precipitate, superlative most precipitate)
- headlong; falling steeply or vertically.
- Very steep; precipitous.
- With a hasty impulse; hurried; headstrong.
- Moving with excessive speed or haste.
- Performed very rapidly or abruptly.
Translations [edit]
Headlong; falling steeply or vertically
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Very steep; precipitous
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With a hasty impulse; hurried; headstrong
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Performed very rapidly or abruptly
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External links [edit]
- 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
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Italian [edit]
Adjective [edit]
precipitate f pl
- feminine plural form of precipitato
Verb [edit]
precipitate
- second-person plural present tense of precipitare
- second-person plural imperative of precipitare
- feminine plural past participle of precipitare
