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precipitate

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Precipitate \Pre*cip"i*tate\, a. [L. praecipitatus, p. p. of praecipitare to precipitate, fr. praeceps headlong. See Precipice .] Overhasty; rash; as, the king was too precipitate in declaring war. --Clarendon. Lacking due deliberation or care; hurried; ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"to hurl or fling down," 1520s, a back formation from precipitation or else from Latin praecipitatus , past participle of praecipitare "to throw or dive headlong," from praeceps "steep, headlong, headfirst" (see precipice ). Meaning "to cause to happen, ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 vb. 1 (context transitive English) To make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten. 2 (context transitive English) To throw an object or person from a great height. 3 (context transitive English) To send violently into a certain state ...

Usage examples of precipitate.

Edgar, her uncertainty of his intentions, her suspicions of his wished secession, the severe task she thought necessary to perform of giving him his liberty, with the anguish of a total inability to judge whether such a step would recall his tenderness, or precipitate his retreat, were suggestions which quickly succeeded, and, in a very short time, wholly domineered over every other.

The enamoured swain, after settling an annuity of seven hundred pounds per annum upon the fair inconstant, had the mortification to find himself abandoned on the very night the deeds were completed, the lady having made a precipitate retreat, with a more favoured lover, to Paris.

It should be prepared when wanted by precipitating a solution of baric chloride with ammonic carbonate and washing.

In such solutions sulphuric acid produces a white precipitate of baric sulphate, which is practically insoluble in all acids.

In solutions containing free hydrochloric or nitric acid, a precipitate is obtained with either baric chloride or sulphuric acid.

When the amount of sulphur present is not known within reasonable limits, the test portions may be tried with a drop of baric chloride solution instead of sulphuric acid, so that the diminishing quantity of precipitate may give warning of an approach to the finishing point.

Chromate of baryta is then thrown down, by the addition of bichromate of potash, as a yellow precipitate.

The loss of weight indicates the quantity of carbonate of barytes which the precipitate contained.

Precipitate the carbonic and sulphuric acids by the addition of muriate of barytes, taking care not to add any excess of the tests.

The presence of this acid is detected, if, on the addition of a solution of acetate of barytes, a white precipitate is formed, which is insoluble in nitric acid, after having been made red-hot in the fire.

The carbon dioxide is boiled off, and the beryllia is then precipitated as hydrate with ammonia.

The battle still raged with doubtful violence, and Macrinus might have obtained the victory, had he not betrayed his own cause by a shameful and precipitate flight.

It is best separated from this precipitate by fusion with bisulphate of potash, as already described, but it must be remembered that the presence of much mineral acid prevents complete precipitation when the solution is boiled.

The vapour of hydrocyanic acid, if present, will form a white precipitate which may be tested.

A form of gypsum, a hydrous calcium sulfate formed by the drying of bedded deposits precipitated from evaporating ancient seas.