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precipitate

In chemistry, solid (insoluble) substance sometimes produced when two solutions are mixed or when a gas is passed into a solution. In an equation the precipitate is often represented by the symbol (s).

AgNO3(aq) + NaCl(aq) → AgCl(s) + NaNO3(aq)

Ca(OH)2(aq) + CO2(g) → CaCO3(s) + H2O(l)



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I felt as I imagine a husband may feel on a solitary holiday--if there are husbands unnatural enough to go holidaying without their wives--pleasantly conscious of a home tucked somewhere beneath the distant sunset, yet in no precipitate hurry to return there before the appointed day.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
While he was thus tenderly embracing me, Sophia astonished at my precipitate Departure, entered the Room in search of me.
Love and Friendship by Austen, Jane View in context
As for the having of them obnoxious to ruin; if they be of fearful natures, it may do well; but if they be stout and daring, it may precipitate their designs, and prove dangerous.
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