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Meaning of PRECIPITANCE

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
 

PRECIPITANCE is a 12 letter word that starts with P.

 

 Synonyms: abruptness, precipitancy, precipitateness, suddenness
 
 See Also: haste, hastiness, hurriedness, hurry, precipitation

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pre*cip"i*tance\, Precipitancy \Pre*cip"i*tan*cy\,
n. [From {Precipitant}.]
The quality or state of being precipitant, or precipitate;
headlong hurry; excessive or rash haste in resolving, forming
an opinion, or executing a purpose; precipitation; as, the
precipitancy of youth. ``Precipitance of judgment.'' --I.
Watts.

 

 

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