Precipitation

Language: English
Pronunciation: pre-cip-it-a-tion
Part of Speech: noun

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Any or all of the forms of water particles, whether liquid or solid, that fall from the 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.

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"the quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time"

"the process of forming a chemical precipitate"

"the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height"

"an unexpected acceleration or hastening"

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