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precipitators

precipitators is the plural of precipitator.

Meaning of precipitator

Noun

precipitator (plural precipitators)

  1. One who or that which precipitates (causes something to happen or urges it on with vehemence or rashness).
    • […] those of that sect […] that call’d themselves by that name of Zealots, and withal, took upon them to be the saviours and preservers of the City, but as it prov’d, the hastners & precipitators of the destruction of that Kingdom […]1675, Henry Hammond, Sermons Preached by […] Henry Hammond, London: Robert Pawlet, Sermon 5, p. 65
    Synonyms:
    agent, author, cause
  2. A person who, or device that, carries out precipitation.
  3. An apparatus which removes dust particles from gases by electrostatic precipitation.

Phrases with precipitators

Questions about precipitators

What is precipitators the plural of?
Precipitators is the plural of precipitator.

Words near precipitators in the dictionary

  1. precipitationshed
  2. precipitationsheds
  3. precipitative
  4. precipitato
  5. precipitator
  6. precipitators
  7. precipitatory
  8. precipitin
  9. precipitin test
  10. precipitin tests
  11. precipitinogen

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