(transitive) To make something happen suddenly and quickly. / (transitive) To throw an object or person from a great height. / (transitive) To send violently into a certain state or condition.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of precipitate

plural of precipitate

plural of precipitator

In a precipitate manner.

One who or that which precipitates (causes something to happen or urges it on with vehemence or rashness). / A person who, or device that, carries out precipitation.

The state of being precipitate; hastiness.

present participle of precipitate

Steep, like a precipice / Headlong / Hasty; rash; quick; sudden

(meteorology) Any or all of the forms of water particles, whether liquid or solid, that fall from the upper atmosphere (e.g., rain, hail, snow or sleet). It is a major class of hydrometeor, but it is distinguished from cloud, fog, dew, rime, frost, etc., in that it must fall. It is distinguished from cloud and virga in that it must reach the ground.