'Precipitant' definitions:

Definition of 'precipitant'

From: WordNet
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" [syn: hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitant, precipitous]
noun
An agent that causes a precipitate to form

Definition of 'Precipitant'

From: 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. [1913 Webster]
  • They leave their little lives Above the clouds, precipitant to earth. --J. Philips. [1913 Webster]
  • Should he return, that troop so blithe and bold, Precipitant in fear would wing their flight. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Unexpectedly or foolishly brought on or hastened; rashly hurried; hasty; sudden; reckless. --Jer. Taylor. "Precipitant rebellion." --Eikon Basilike. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Precipitant'

From: GCIDE
  • Precipitant \Pre*cip"i*tant\, n. (Chem.) Any force or reagent which causes the formation of a precipitate. [1913 Webster]