0 present 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 stearic acid was incorporated into the sulphate mineral in the laboratory by precipitating magnesium sulphate from a solution that contained stearic acid.
Such questions can be answered simply by coding the precipitating event as a time-varying predictor.
Our general conclusion has to be that the edge of precipitating structures should be a fertile ground for short-scale high-latitude instabilities.
The impact of technologic change on social relations can vary greatly from one group to another, precipitating different degrees of social change.
Previous modelling work on bubble desorption during solidification was developed in analogy to the models for these precipitating systems.
The most important precipitating factor was bereavement of a close figure within the six months prior to interview.
Evaluation of proanthocyanidins, protein binding assays and protein precipitating potential.
They warn that youth employment is par t of a syndrome of "precocious development," precipitating a hastened transition to adulthood.
