Precipitant

Definitions

1. Something which causes or hastens the occurrence of an act or event; specifically (chiefly psychology), something which brings about a mental or physiological condition.
2. A substance that, when added to a solution, causes a dissolved substance to form a precipitate.

Equivalents

Examples

“[B]y putting ſome of the arſenical liquor into a ſtrong ſolution of common ſublimate made in fair vvater […] vve had a copious precipitate, ſuch as might have⟳ been expected from an alcaline precipitant; […]”

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