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precipitation

[ pri-sip-i-tey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the act of precipitating; state of being precipitated.
  2. a casting down or falling headlong.
  3. a hastening or hurrying in movement, procedure, or action.
  4. sudden haste.
  5. unwise or rash rapidity.
  6. Meteorology.
    1. falling products of condensation in the atmosphere, as rain, snow, or hail.
    2. the amount of rain, snow, hail, etc., that has fallen at a given place within a given period, usually expressed in inches or centimeters of water.
  7. Chemistry, Physics. the precipitating of a substance from a solution.


precipitation

/ prɪˌsɪpɪˈteɪʃən /

noun

  1. meteorol
    1. rain, snow, sleet, dew, etc, formed by condensation of water vapour in the atmosphere
    2. the deposition of these on the earth's surface
    3. the amount precipitated
  2. the production or formation of a chemical precipitate
  3. the act of precipitating or the state of being precipitated
  4. rash or undue haste
  5. spiritualism the appearance of a spirit in bodily form; materialization


precipitation

/ prĭ-sĭp′ĭ-tāshən /

  1. A form of water, such as rain, snow, or sleet, that condenses from the atmosphere, becomes too heavy to remain suspended, and falls to the Earth's surface. Different atmospheric conditions are responsible for the different forms of precipitation.
  2. The process by which a substance is separated out of a solution as a solid. Precipitation occurs either by the action of gravity or through a chemical reaction that forms an insoluble compound out of two or more soluble compounds.


precipitation

  1. In meteorology , the fall of water, ice, or snow deposited on the surface of the Earth from the atmosphere . In chemistry , a chemical reaction in a solution in which a solid material is formed and subsequently falls, as a precipitate , to the bottom of the container.


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Other Words From

  • nonpre·cipi·tation noun
  • self-pre·cipi·tation noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of precipitation1

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English, from Latin praecipitātiōn-, stem of praecipitātiō “a casting down headlong,” equivalent to praecipitāt(us) “cast down headlong” (past participle of praecipitāre precipitate ) + -iō -ion

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Example Sentences

Although most of the precipitation associated with last night’s storm exited this morning, clouds stuck around.

However, there are questions about how widespread any icy precipitation may become, with some model projections keeping more of it to the south.

Enough mild air has worked in aloft to turn precipitation to rain inside the Beltway and points south, though a transition to snow is possible overnight in this area as well.

The precipitation continues overnight as lows drop to the mid-20s to low 30s in the city.

That push of colder air would allow the next round of light precipitation to fall as snow Thursday night into Friday morning.

The soulful girl group made precipitation sexy with their 1982 gospel-esque forecast.

Like much of Asia, Thailand is accustomed to serious precipitation during the rainy season.

When rapidly deposited, as by artificial precipitation, triple phosphate often takes feathery, star- or leaf-like forms.

Under these conditions the temperature of the air rarely descends low enough to favour the precipitation of dew.

Addition of alcohol caused complete precipitation of potassium sulphate.

The ordinary tests fail to show its presence until the mercury has been removed from the solution by precipitation as a sulphide.

We may ask what excess will be required to prevent the precipitation of silver chloride in the experiment just tried.

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