precipitant
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(noun) a substance that causes a precipitate to form |
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Related Words: matter, substance |
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: hasty, overhasty, precipitate |
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