0 past simple and past participle of precipitate
1 to make something happen suddenly or sooner than expected:
2 to throw someone or something from a height with great force
3 If a liquid precipitates, substances in it become solid and separate from the liquid:
The work is a metaphor which portrays subtle transformations (or transmutations) in human existence precipitated by pervasive new technology.
Post-lumbar-puncture headache is an example precipitated by leakage from the punctured lumbar theca.
Although further studies are needed to confirm this finding, it suggests that late-onset depression is more likely to be environmentally precipitated than earlyonset depression.
This discovery reveals that suction-induced transition is precipitated through instabilities of the streamwise vortices.
This has precipitated a change from traditional fallowing to more pro-active soil fertility management techniques.
The disruption of oil supplies, compounded by a national docks strike, precipitated the long awaited sterling crisis.
Evolved hydrogen sulphide was carried in a nitrogen stream to a silver nitrate trap and precipitated as silver sulphide.
The whole system is alkaline, and carbonate can be easily precipitated during dry spells, when there is excess evaporation.
