1 in a way that is very steep:
Coincident with this first phase of cease-fire and demobilisation of forces (1992-1995), crime climbed precipitously.
Immediately after the minimum inward current was attained, the inward current increased precipitously, at which time the clamp was turned off to avoid oscillation.
But as political conditions changed and cross-cultural trade grew, competition between groups for access to different types of resources increased precipitously.
These infants often precipitously deliver before any discussion or plan with the family.
Her condition precipitously declined during the next several weeks, as she fell into a deep coma and required a nasogastric tube for nutrition and hydration.
In those years, investment in purebred livestock fell precipitously.
When family size drops below 5, however, degrees of freedom for the denominator drop precipitously, reducing power.
As both social capital and civic reorganization theorists expect, ties to individual membership groups have declined precipitously.
