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precipitable

precipitable

8.9
Able to form a solid and come out of a liquid
  • adjective
  • /prɪˈsɪpɪtəbl/
  • Specialized
: precipitable
  • This substance is known to be precipitable under specific conditions, allowing for separation from the solution.

Examples

  • Trichloroacetic acid (TCA)-precipitable radioactivity was measured in whole blood.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Up to 10% of the injected dose was excreted in the urine in a TCA-precipitable form and is thus presumed to represent intact labeled enzyme.

    Academic text (1996)

  • The scientist found that certain compounds were precipitable when mixed with the solvent.

  • In the laboratory, the team analyzed samples to see which ones were precipitable after chemical reactions.

Surface Forms

precipitable positive

Morphology

precipitable = precipitate (transparent) = precipitate + able

Formed by adding the productive adjectival suffix '-able' to the verb 'precipitate', yielding 'able to be precipitated' in a straightforward way.

Etymology

Precipitable comes from a Latin idea that means 'to fall headlong', and it is in the same family as precipitate and precipitation, which all mean 'to fall out'. Think of a solid 'falling out' of a liquid and settling at the bottom, so precipitable means it can be separated from a solution as a solid.