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precipitation |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Precipitation \Pre*cip`i*ta"tion\, n. (Meteor.) A deposit on the earth of hail, mist, rain, sleet, or snow; also the quantity of water deposited. Note: Deposits of dew, fog, and frost are not regarded by the United States Weather Bureau as precipitation. Sleet and snow are melted, and the record of precipitation shows the depth of the horizontal layers of water in hundredths of an inch or in millimeters. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Precipitation \Pre*cip`i*ta"tion\, n. [L. praecipitatio: cf F. pr['e]cipitation.] 1. The act of precipitating, or the state of being precipitated, or thrown headlong. In peril of precipitation From off rock Tarpeian. --Shak. 2. A falling, flowing, or rushing downward with violence and rapidity. The hurry, precipitation, and rapid motion of the water, returning . . . towards the sea. --Woodward. 3. Great hurry; rash, tumultuous haste; impetuosity. ``The precipitation of inexperience.'' --Rambler. 4. (Chem.) The act or process of precipitating from a solution. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: precipitation n 1: the process of forming a chemical precipitate 2: the falling to earth of rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist [syn: {downfall}] 3: an unexpected acceleration or hastening: "he is responsible for the precipitation of his own demise"
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