a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering
precipitate (n.)
done with very great haste and without due deliberation; hasty marriage seldom proveth well- Shakespeare; hasty makeshifts take the place of planning- Arthur Geddes; rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion; wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king
[ Syn: hasty , overhasty , precipitant , precipitous ]
precipitate (adj.)
bring about abruptly; The crisis precipitated by Russia's revolution'
separate as a fine suspension of solid particles
fall from clouds; rain, snow and sleet were falling; Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum
fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; Our economy precipitated into complete ruin'
hurl or throw violently; The bridge broke and precipitated the train into the river below'