precipitate has definitions from the field of chemistry
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[ verb ] bring about abruptly

Examples

: "The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution"

Used in print

(The Rev. John A. O'Brien, "Let's Take Birth Control...)

He thereby precipitated a bitter controversy involving Protestants , Jews and Roman_Catholics that continued for two months , until the city 's Board of Hospitals lifted the ban on birth-control therapy .

Related terms

effect precipitation

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[ verb ] (chemistry) separate as a fine suspension of solid particles

Used in print

(Francis J. Johnston and John E. Willard, "The...)

To prepare the latter , silver_chloride was precipitated from a solution containing * * f obtained from the Oak_Ridge_National_Laboratory .

(M. Yokoyama et al., "Chemical and serological...)

The small amount of insoluble material which precipitated during dialysis was suspended in approximately 5 ml of starting_buffer , centrifuged , resuspended in 2.5 ml of isotonic saline and tested for antibody activity .

The insoluble material which precipitated during dialysis against starting_buffer always showed intense agglutinin activity , regardless of the blood_group of the donor .

Once_again , both anti - A and anti - B activities were found in the insoluble material precipitated during dialysis .

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change_state

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[ noun ] (chemistry) a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering

Used in print

(A. N. Nagaraj and L. M. Black, "Localization of...)

The precipitate was washed twice with an 80 % saturated solution of * * f , dissolved in a small quantity of 0.1 M neutral phosphate buffer , dialyzed against cold distilled_water till free from ammonium_ions , and lyophilized using liquid_nitrogen .

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solid sludge

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[ verb ] (chemistry) cause to separate from solution or suspension

Used in print

(A. N. Nagaraj and L. M. Black, "Localization of...)

The proteins were extracted with 3 volumes of * * f in * * f to give a nearly neutral extract and precipitated by 80 % saturation with * * f .

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[ verb ] fall vertically, sharply, or headlong

Examples

"Our economy precipitated into complete ruin"

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drop descend precipitation

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[ adjective ] done with very great haste and without due deliberation

Examples

"hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes "wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king"

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hurried

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[ verb ] hurl or throw violently

Examples

"The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below"

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hurl precipitation

8
[ verb ] fall from clouds

Synonyms

fall come_down

Examples

"rain, snow and sleet were falling" "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum."

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[ verb ] fall headlong

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descend

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[ verb ] fall abruptly into a different condition

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fall

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