precipitation
Meaning of precipitation
- 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.
- A hurried headlong fall.
- A reaction that leads to the formation of a heavier solid in a lighter liquid; the precipitate so formed at the bottom of the container.
- Unwise or rash rapidity; sudden haste.
Information about precipitation
- It is a name.
- The plural form of precipitation is: precipitations.
- Languages in which precipitation is used:
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Hyphenation of precipitation
pre-cip-i-ta-tion
- It consists of 5 syllables and 13 chars.
- precipitation is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
precipitation synonyms
Meaning downfall:
Meaning haste:
haste, hastiness, hurry, hurriedness
Translation of precipitation
- German: Niederschlag, Fällung
- French: précipitation
- Italian: precipitazione, fretta, avventatezza
- Spanish: precipitación, apresuramiento
- Portuguese: precipitação
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