precipitated
Americanadjective
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having been brought on suddenly or prematurely.
Pressure on the tender spot causes the patient to physically react to the precipitated pain by exclaiming or moving.
Operators are requesting compensation for losses incurred due to the precipitated shutdown of reactors after the accident.
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Chemistry. (of solid material) having been separated from a solution, such as by evaporation or through the use of a reagent.
You can tell the reaction is complete from the purple color of the precipitated sodium chloride.
The precipitated salts give the dry lake bed a white color resembling a beach.
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Meteorology. having fallen as rain, snow, hail, etc..
Most of the precipitated water moves along these defined channels before being discharged into streams.
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Precipitated by three years of record drought in California, Lariviere decided to educate herself about waterwise gardening.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2022
Precipitated water may enter freshwater bodies or infiltrate the soil.
From Textbooks • Sep. 6, 2018
Precipitated as it was by the slaughter at Logtown, the announcement of President Hoover's new policy shocked and hor- rified many a U. S. patriot and politician.
From Time Magazine Archive
Precipitated by German Economics Minister Karl Schiller in order to get European agreement on new monetary measures, the upheaval at first seemed artificial and contrived.
From Time Magazine Archive
Precipitated calcium carbonate may be used in place of the mercuric oxide, or a hypochlorite may be decomposed by a dilute mineral acid and the resulting solution distilled.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various
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