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precipitate 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Adjective
/priˈsipəˌtāt/,
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precipitating, present participle; precipitated, past tense; precipitates, 3rd person singular present; precipitated, past participle;
  1. Done, made, or acting suddenly or without careful consideration
    • - I must apologize for my staff—their actions were precipitate
  2. (of an event or situation) Occurring suddenly or abruptly
    • - a precipitate decline in cultural literacy
Verb
  1. Cause (an event or situation, typically one that is bad or undesirable) to happen suddenly, unexpectedly, or prematurely
    • - the incident precipitated a political crisis
  2. Cause to move suddenly and with force
    • - suddenly the ladder broke, precipitating them down into a heap
  3. Send someone or something suddenly into a particular state or condition
    • - they were precipitated into a conflict for which they were quite unprepared
  4. Cause (a substance) to be deposited in solid form from a solution

  5. Cause (drops of moisture or particles of dust) to be deposited from the atmosphere or from a vapor or suspension

Noun
  1. A substance precipitated from a solution

  1. a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering
  2. bring about abruptly; "The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution"
  3. hasty: 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 ...
  4. separate as a fine suspension of solid particles
  5. fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"
  6. fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; "Our economy precipitated into complete ruin"
  7. Precipitation is the formation of a solid in a solution or inside another solid during a chemical reaction or by diffusion in a solid. When the reaction occurs in a liquid, the solid formed is called the precipitate, or when compacted by a centrifuge, a pellet. ...
  8. The following is a list of episodes from the USA Network original series The Dead Zone. The series debuted on June 16, 2002.
  9. Precipitate is the name of an EP by New York City based Indie rock band Interpol. It features two tracks not on albums "Precipitate" and "Song Seven" (although "Precipitate" is on another EP, Fukd ID #3). ...
  10. (Precipitation (horse)) Precipitation was an influential British bred Thoroughbred stallion who is found in the pedigrees of many racehorses and sport horses today. He alone is responsible for maintaining the Matchem sireline, through Sheshoon, except for the American Fair Play branch.
  11. (Precipitation (meteorology)) In meteorology, precipitation (also known as one of the classes of hydrometeors, which are atmospheric water phenomena) is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that is pulled down by gravity and deposited on the Earth's surface. ...
  12. A product resulting from a process, event, or course of action; A solid that exits the liquid phase of a solution; To make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten; To throw an object or person from a great height; To send violently into a certain state or condition; To come out of a ...
  13. (precipitated) Hastened; hurried; Deposited from a solution, vapour or state of suspension into gas
  14. (precipitation) A hurried headlong fall; A reaction that leads to the formation of a heavier solid in a lighter liquid; the precipitate so formed at the bottom of the container; Any or all of the forms of water particles, whether liquid or solid, that fall from the atmosphere (e.g. ...
  15. (precipitation) process of separating a solid substance out of a solution
  16. (PRECIPITATION) To precipitate is to come out of solution or to become insoluble as a result of a chemical reaction. Material forced out of solution will settle, stain, scale or remain suspended in the water.
  17. (precipitation) (1) The total measurable supply of water received directly from clouds as rain, hail or sleet; usually expressed as depth in a day, month or year and designated as daily, monthly or annual precipitation. ...
  18. (precipitation) in metals, the separation of a new phase from solid or liquid solution, usually with changing conditions of temperature, pressure, or both.
  19. (precipitation) water droplets or ice particles condensed from atmospheric water vapor and sufficiently massive to fall to the Earth’s surface, such as rain, sleet, or snow.
  20. (Precipitation) Rain, hail, mist, sleet, snow or any other moisture that falls to the earth.
  21. (precipitation) 1) The process by which atmospheric moisture falls onto a land or water surface as rain, snow, hail, or other forms of moisture. 2) The chemical transformation of a substance in solution into an insoluble form (precipitate).
  22. (Precipitation) Water from rain, hail, sleet, or snow.
  23. (Precipitation) Water which falls in solid or liquid form from the clouds down to earth or which is released from the aerosphere e.g. dew.
  24. (Precipitation) the settling out of water from cloud, in the form of rain, hail, fog, snow, etc. (also the formation and settling out of solid particles in solution).
  25. (precipitation) the process by which a suspended or dissolved solid is separated out of a liquid