precipitation
precipitation
Definition
pre·cipi·ta·tion (prē sip′ə tā′s̸hən, pri-)
noun
- a precipitating or being precipitated; specif., a headlong fall or rush
- precipitancy; rash haste; impetuosity
- a bringing on suddenly; acceleration
- Chem.
- a precipitating or being precipitated from a solution
- a precipitate
- Meteorol.
- a depositing of rain, snow, sleet, etc.
- rain, snow, sleet, etc.
- the amount of this
Etymology: MFr précipitation < L praecipitatio
precipitation
Synonyms
precipitation
n.
Carelessness
rashness, presumption, impetuosity; see carelessness, rudeness.Condensation
rainfall, rain, shower, drizzle, cloudburst, downpour, snow, sleet, hail, hailstorm; see also storm 1.
precipitation
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- carbonate: In the last I continued studies, begun on Aldabra, of microbially mediated precipitation of carbonates in stromatolites.
- mm: In September, there were 22 days with a total precipitation of 102.1 mm.
- mineral: The zoning reflects processes that took place during the precipitation of minerals from the mineralising fluid.
- salt: If supersaturation occurs the precipitation of dangerously unstable diazonium salts can occur at ant time, on a plant scale.
Adjective modifier
- convective: The flooding event at Boscastle in August 2004 highlights the damage that can be caused by heavy convective precipitation in the UK.
- annual: The average annual precipitation is more than 1200 mm.
- heavy: Visibility fell from 20 km overnight to 1800 m in the heavier precipitation.
- average: The average annual precipitation is more than 1200 mm.
- increased: There is little evidence for increased precipitation on a global scale.
- acid: Thus any precipitation that has a pH value of less than 5.6 is considered to be acid precipitation.
Modifies a noun
- hardening: This is known as precipitation hardening, or age hardening.
- intensity: At the same time, greater precipitation intensity is leading to widespread global flood damage.
- reaction: Give examples of precipitation reactions, which are important controls on mobility of chemical species in the environment.
- forecast: The resorts around Quebec are not looking quite so lucky as they do not have the precipitation forecast.
Noun used with modifier
- cusp: The results of this analysis are placed in the context of the large scale cusp precipitation.
- ethanol: After ethanol precipitation, the dried DNA pellet is resuspended.. .
- electron: The UT maximum of the integrated column brightness does not necessarily correspond to the maximum in electron precipitation.
- particle: Previously, there were only two choices of convection patterns and particle precipitation inputs, with a limited number of standard configurations.
- ice: A deposit of ice precipitation was seen on the summit of Snowdon early on the 9th during showers.
- winter: Much of the winter precipitation is snow, which can lie for up to 100 days in the Carpathians.
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