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precipitated
[ pri-sip-i-tey-tid ]
adjective
- having been brought on suddenly or prematurely:
Pressure on the tender spot causes the patient to physically react to the precipitated pain by exclaiming or moving.
Operators are requesting compensation for losses incurred due to the precipitated shutdown of reactors after the accident.
- Chemistry. (of solid material) having been separated from a solution, such as by evaporation or through the use of a reagent:
You can tell the reaction is complete from the purple color of the precipitated sodium chloride.
The precipitated salts give the dry lake bed a white color resembling a beach.
- Meteorology. having fallen as rain, snow, hail, etc.:
Most of the precipitated water moves along these defined channels before being discharged into streams.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of precipitate ( def ).
Other Word Forms
- ܲ····ٲ· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of precipitated1
Example Sentences
The once-cutting-edge Austin, Texas, company has seen its profit and share price plunge amid Trump’s looming tariffs that Musk has opposed and a brand crisis precipitated by his prominent role in the administration.
“Certainly a somewhat sharp crisis in your affairs would appear to have been precipitated, sir.”
Anyone with eyes to see knows that the world economy is in a serious crisis precipitated by Trump and Trump alone.
This precipitated a free-for-all, with the public helping themselves to the remnants.
The break seemed like a reasonable metaphor for our fractured times: The cable had snapped during an oceanic landslide precipitated by huge floods in the Congo River.
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