Precipitant Definition
prĭ-sĭpĭ-tənt
precipitants
adjective
Webster's New World
Rushing or falling headlong.
American Heritage
Acting with or marked by impulsiveness in thought or action; rash.
American Heritage
Abrupt or unexpected; sudden.
American Heritage
Rash or impulsive.
Wiktionary
noun
precipitants
A substance which, when added to a solution, causes the formation of a precipitate.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Precipitant
Noun
Singular:
precipitant
Plural:
precipitantsOrigin of Precipitant
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From Old French precipitant, from Latin praecipitans, present participle of praecipitare (“to cast down headlong"), from praeceps (“head foremost, headlong"), from prae (“before") + caput (“head").
From Wiktionary
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Latin praecipitāns praecipitant- present participle of praecipitāre to throw headlong precipitate
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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