PRECIPITA'TION, noun [Latin proecipitatio.] 1. The act of throwing headlong. 2. A falling, flowing or rushing down with violence and rapidity. The hurry, precipitation and rapid motion of the water. 3. Great hurry; rash, tumultuous haste; rapid movement. The precipitation of inexperience is often restrained by shame. 4. The act or operation of throwing to the bottom of a vessel any substance held in solution by its menstruum. precipitation is often effected by a double elective attraction.
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