precipitator/pɹɪˈsɪpɪˌteɪtə(ɹ)/EtymologyLatin praecipitator (“an overthrower”); equivalent to precipitate + -or.nounOne who or that which precipitates (causes something to happen or urges it on with vehemence or rashness).“[…] those of that sect […] that call’d themselves by that name of Zealots, and withal, took upon them to be the saviours and preservers of the City, but as it prov’d, the hastners & precipitators of the destruction of that Kingdom […]”A person who, or device that, carries out precipitation.An apparatus which removes dust particles from gases by electrostatic precipitation.