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PRECIPITANT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An agent that causes a precipitate to form

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("precipitant" is a kind of...):

agent (a substance that exerts some force or effect)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "precipitant"):

dimethylglyoxime (a compound used in analysis as a precipitant for palladium or nickel)

Derivation:

precipitate (separate as a fine suspension of solid particles)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Done with very great haste and without due deliberation

Example:

wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king

Synonyms:

hasty; overhasty; precipitant; precipitate; precipitous

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

hurried (moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste)

Derivation:

precipitance; precipitancy (the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning)

precipitate (bring about abruptly)

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