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precipitants

precipitants is the plural of precipitant.

Meaning of precipitant

Noun

precipitant (plural precipitants)

  1. Something which causes or hastens the occurrence of an act or event; specifically (chiefly psychology), something which brings about a mental or physiological condition.
  2. A substance that, when added to a solution, causes a dissolved substance to form a precipitate.
    • [B]y putting ſome of the arſenical liquor into a ſtrong ſolution of common ſublimate made in fair vvater […] vve had a copious precipitate, ſuch as might have been expected from an alcaline precipitant; […]1685, Robert Boyle, “Short Memoirs for the Natural Experimental History of Mineral Waters. […]”, in The Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle. […], volume IV, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […]...

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Questions about precipitants

What is precipitants the plural of?
Precipitants is the plural of precipitant.

Words near precipitants in the dictionary

  1. precipitancies
  2. precipitancy
  3. precipitant
  4. precipitantly
  5. precipitantness
  6. precipitants
  7. precipitate
  8. precipitated
  9. precipitately
  10. precipitateness
  11. precipitates

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