Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Precipitant \Pre*cip"i*tant\, n. (Chem.)
Any force or reagent which causes the formation of a
precipitate.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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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