definition of
precipitant

[1] #1 precipitant n. an agent that causes a precipitate to form. wn

[2] #2 precipitant s. [hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitous] done with very great haste and without due deliberation; "hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare; "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes; "rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion"; "wondered whether. wn