precipitated

Meanings

• Verb

  Brought about or caused to occur, especially suddenly and unexpectedly.

• Adjective

  Having come down from a cloud or the like, as rain, hail, or snow.

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Synonyms

accelerate , advance , hasten , speed up , cast , fling , throw , headlong

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with precipitated
perpetuated , incubated , contemplated

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Variants

List of all variants of precipitated that leads to same result
precipitate , precipitated , precipitates , precipitating , precipitative , precipitator , precipitators

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Forms

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precipitates, precipitating, precipitatively

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Etymology

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From the Latin word 'precipitare', meaning 'to cause to fall'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'precipitation' is often used in meteorology to describe the total amount of rain, snow, sleet, and hail that falls from the sky in a given time period.

2. The largest recorded snowflake was 15 inches in diameter and 8 inches thick, making it a truly precipitated event!

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Related Concepts

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1. Chemical reaction: Precipitation is a common result of chemical reactions, where insoluble compounds form and settle out of a solution.

2. Weather: Precipitation is a term used in meteorology to describe any form of water that falls from clouds, including rain, snow, sleet, and hail.

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Quotes

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1. When Achilles is informed by his mother, the sea-goddess Thetis, that vanquishing Hector on the battlefield will "precipitate" his own demise, he unhesitatingly opts for the gusto.

   - Mark Leyner,{it}Time{/it},13 Nov. 2000

2. The vast room darkens. The videotape … begins on two identical screens set high above the nave. The soaring lyrics of LeeAnn Rimes's "How Do I Live (Without You)" "precipitate" a collective tension and welling, repressed tearfulness.

   - Jayne Anne Phillips,{it}Harper's{/it},November 1998

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Culture

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In literature, precipitated is often used to describe sudden and unexpected events. For instance, in F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby', the character Nick Carraway describes Gatsby's party as 'precipitated by acts that took shape in a far-off land and were as out of reach as the stars'. In art, precipitated can refer to the process of forming crystals from a solution.

How to Memorize "precipitated"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a snowflake slowly falling from the sky and landing on the ground, representing the precipitated form of water.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'precipitated' with the image of a sudden and unexpected event.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering the phrase 'Precipitated: Pronounced just like precipitate, which means to cause to fall'.

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