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precipitation

/pɹɪˌsɪpɪˈteɪʃn̩/

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What does precipitation mean?

noun

  1. Any or all of the forms of water particles, whether liquid or solid, that fall from the upper atmosphere (e.g., rain, hail, snow or sleet). It is a major class of hydrometeor, but it is distinguished from cloud, fog, dew, rime, frost, etc., in that it must fall. It is distinguished from cloud and virga in that it must reach the ground.
  2. The amount of water precipitated in any form.
  3. A hurried headlong fall.
More meanings (2)

noun

  1. A reaction that leads to the formation of a heavier, and often less soluble, solid in a lighter liquid; the precipitate so formed at the bottom of the container.
  2. (figuratively) Unwise or rash rapidity; sudden haste.

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/pɹɪˌsɪpɪˈteɪʃn̩/

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Unfortunately a bad temper, precipitation, stubbornness, and like qualities, all due to non-education, are too often attributes of colored men and women.
Henry Ossian FlipperHenry Ossian Flipper, the Colored Cadet at West Point Autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, U.S.A., First Graduate of Color from the U.S. Military AcademyProject Gutenberg ebook #2448
Even in districts where the precipitation comes chiefly in the summer, it may be found that fall sowing, after all, is preferable.
John Andreas WidtsoeDry-Farming : A System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low RainfallProject Gutenberg ebook #4924
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The King instantly raised the siege, and retreated with so much precipitation, that he was forced to nail up sixty pieces of cannon.
Horace WalpoleThe Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2Project Gutenberg ebook #4610
Again he burst into one of his frightful paroxysms of laughter, and the girls unable to endure it any longer, fled with precipitation.
S. (Sabine) Baring-GouldThe Book of Were-WolvesProject Gutenberg ebook #5324
But another reason may be suggested for the increase of atmospheric humidity, and consequently of the precipitation of aqueous vapor on mountain chains.
George P. (George Perkins) MarshThe Earth as Modified by Human ActionProject Gutenberg ebook #6019