Precipitation - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|prɪˌsɪpɪˈteɪʃn|
Brit.
|prɪˌsɪpɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n|
noun
- the quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time
- the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist) (syn: downfall)
- the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height
- an unexpected acceleration or hastening
the storm brought several inches of precipitation
- the process of forming a chemical precipitate- the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist) (syn: downfall)
- the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height
- an unexpected acceleration or hastening
he is responsible for the precipitation of his own demise
- overly eager speed (and possible carelessness) (syn: haste, hastiness, hurry)Extra examples
The weather forecast calls for some sort of frozen precipitation tomorrow—either snow or sleet.
Minerals are separated from the seawater by precipitation.
We must not act with precipitation.
The frightful precipitation of a railway train down a decline.
Rain, snow and hail are collectively known as precipitation.
The icy precipitation frosted the flowers and they turned brown
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