precipitant Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an agent that causes a precipitate to form
  2. adjective satellite done with very great haste and without due deliberation
    hasty; precipitate; overhasty; precipitous.
    • 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

WordNet

Pre*cip"i*tant adjective
Etymology
L. praecipitans, -antis, p. pr. of praecipitare: cf. F. précipitant. See Precipitate.
Definitions
  1. Falling or rushing headlong; rushing swiftly, violently, or recklessly; moving precipitately.
    They leave their little lives Above the clouds, precipitant to earth. J. Philips.
    Should he return, that troop so blithe and bold, Precipitant in fear would wing their flight. Pope.
  2. Unexpectedly or foolishly brought on or hastened; rashly hurried; hasty; sudden; reckless. Jer. Taylor. "Precipitant rebellion." Eikon Basilike.
Pre*cip"i*tant noun
Definitions
  1. (Chem.) Any force or reagent which causes the formation of a precipitate.

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