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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: precipitating (0.00898 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to precipitating.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: precipitate
dengan cepat, endapan, lapisan, mengendap
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: precipitating
precipitating
adj : bringing on suddenly or abruptly;
“the completion of the
railroad was the precipitating cause in the extinction
of water-borne commerce” [syn:
precipitating(a)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Precipitating
Precipitate
\Pre*cip"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Precipitated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Precipitating.]
1. To throw headlong; to cast down from a precipice or
height.
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She and her horse had been precipitated to the
pebbled region of the river. --W. Irving.
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2. To urge or press on with eager haste or violence; to cause
to happen, or come to a crisis, suddenly or too soon; as,
precipitate a journey, or a conflict.
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Back to his sight precipitates her steps. --Glover.
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If they be daring, it may precipitate their designs,
and prove dangerous. --Bacon.
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3. (Chem.) To separate from a solution, or other medium, in
the form of a precipitate; as, water precipitates camphor
when in solution with alcohol.
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The light vapor of the preceding evening had been
precipitated by the cold. --W. Irving.
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