'Precipitating' definitions:
Definition of 'precipitating'
From: WordNet
adjective
Bringing on suddenly or abruptly; "the completion of the railroad was the precipitating cause in the extinction of waterborne commerce"
Definition of 'Precipitating'
From: GCIDE
- Precipitate \Pre*cip"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Precipitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Precipitating.]
- 1. To throw headlong; to cast down from a precipice or height. [1913 Webster]
- She and her horse had been precipitated to the pebbled region of the river. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To urge or press on with eager haste or violence; to cause to happen, or come to a crisis, suddenly or too soon; as, precipitate a journey, or a conflict. [1913 Webster]
- Back to his sight precipitates her steps. --Glover. [1913 Webster]
- If they be daring, it may precipitate their designs, and prove dangerous. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Chem.) To separate from a solution, or other medium, in the form of a precipitate; as, water precipitates camphor when in solution with alcohol. [1913 Webster]
- The light vapor of the preceding evening had been precipitated by the cold. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Precipitating'
- Precipitability,
- Precipitable,
- Precipitance,
- Precipitancy,
- Precipitant,
- Precipitantly,
- Precipitantness,
- Precipitate,
- Precipitated,
- Precipitately,
- Precipitation,
- Precipitator,
- Precipitous,
- Precipitously,
- Precipitousness,
- precipitateness,
- Red precipitate,
- White precipitate,
- Yellow precipitate,
- acid precipitation,
- cottrell precipitator,
- electrostatic precipitation,
- electrostatic precipitator,
- precipitous steep,
- fusible white precipitate,
- infusible white precipitate,
- precipitate per se