precipitating
Causing to happen
Precipitating means causing something to happen suddenly or sooner than expected: The assassination precipitated a war.
In chemistry and meteorology, precipitating refers to a substance separating from solution or moisture falling from the atmosphere.
The precipitating cause of something is the immediate trigger, distinguished from underlying causes that set conditions.
Water falling from clouds
- downpourIntense precipitation event
- drizzleVery light precipitation
- showersLight, passing rainfalls
- sleetPartly frozen precipitation
hail · snow · cloudburst · deluge · monsoon · squall · rainstorm · flurries
Causing to activate
- sparkingEmitting small flames
- incitingUrging others to act
- provokingCausing a reaction
- inducingCausing or bringing about
instigating · catalyzing · prompting · initiating · activating · setting off · bringing about · giving rise to
Serious sudden danger
- urgentNeeding immediate attention
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
- acuteIntensely severe or perceptive
- direExtremely serious or urgent
escalating · worsening · exacerbating · intensifying · aggravating · compounding · destabilizing · inflammatory
Heedless or skin irritation
- impulsiveActing without deliberation
- recklessCarelessly ignoring danger
- abruptSharp and unexpected
- suddenOccurring without prior notice
headlong · impetuous · rushed · hurried · premature · ill-considered · unplanned · snap
Forming ordered solid structure
- sedimentationParticles settling in liquid
- filtrationSeparating solids from liquids
- solubilityDissolving potential in liquid
- reagentSubstance prompting chemical change
coagulation · ions · dissolution · concentration · saturation · solution · centrifugation · flocculation
rainfall
Water falling from clouds
sleet · hail · snow · cloudburst · deluge · monsoon · squall · rainstorm · flurries · thunderstorm
triggering
Causing to activate
inducing · instigating · catalyzing · prompting · initiating · activating · setting off · bringing about · giving rise to · occasioning
emergency
Serious sudden danger
- urgentNeeding immediate attention
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
- acuteIntensely severe or perceptive
dire · escalating · worsening · exacerbating · intensifying · aggravating · compounding · destabilizing · inflammatory · volatile
rash
Heedless or skin irritation
sudden · headlong · impetuous · rushed · hurried · premature · ill-considered · unplanned · snap · thoughtless
crystallization
Forming ordered solid structure
- sedimentationParticles settling in liquid
- filtrationSeparating solids from liquids
- solubilityDissolving potential in liquid
reagent · coagulation · ions · dissolution · concentration · saturation · solution · centrifugation · flocculation · colloid
- making smallershrinking, compressing, reducing, squeezing, compacting
- solutionssolution, answer, fix, remedy, cure
- incitementinciting, instigating, provoking, incitement, instigation
- fluid dynamicsfluid mechanics, fluid flow, turbulence, fluid motion, streamlines
precipitatingpreventing
Stopping before occurrence
averting · stopping · blocking · forestalling · precluding
precipitatingretarding
Reducing speed or progress
delaying · slowing · decelerating · stalling · postponing
- winter precipitationFrozen water from clouds
- frozen precipitationIce falling from sky
- mixed precipitationMultiple falling water forms
- precipitation mapVisual of falling moisture