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precipitance

precipitance noun: precipitancy.

Noun

precipitance (usually uncountable, plural precipitances)

  1. (usually) Precipitancy.
    • I gasped, at this frightful precipitance—I was going to open with warmth against it.1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XX”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […]...
    • We have been hurried on by our feelings to a degree of Precipitance which ill accords with the claims of our Friends, or the opinion of the World.c. 1794, Jane Austen, Lady Susan

precipitance meaning in Tamil

precipitance in Tamil

முன்பின் பாராத அவசரம், வேகம்

Forms of precipitance

pluralprecipitances

Origin of precipitance

From precipitant + -ance.

Questions about precipitance

What does precipitance mean?
Precipitance means precipitancy.
What is precipitance in Tamil?
Precipitance in Tamil is முன்பின் பாராத அவசரம், வேகம். See Precipitance meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is precipitance?
Precipitance is a noun.
What is the plural of precipitance?
The plural of precipitance is precipitances.

Words near precipitance in the dictionary

  1. precipients
  2. precipitabilities
  3. precipitability
  4. precipitable
  5. precipitable water
  6. precipitance
  7. precipitances
  8. precipitancies
  9. precipitancy
  10. precipitant
  11. precipitantly

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