Precipitation
[prɪ,sɪpɪ'teɪʃ(ə)n] or [prɪ'sɪpə'teʃən]
Definition
(noun.) an unexpected acceleration or hastening; 'he is responsible for the precipitation of his own demise'.
(noun.) the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height.
(noun.) the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist).
(noun.) the process of forming a chemical precipitate.
(noun.) the quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time; 'the storm brought several inches of precipitation'.
Edited by Kathleen--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of precipitating, or the state of being precipitated, or thrown headlong.
(n.) A falling, flowing, or rushing downward with violence and rapidity.
(n.) Great hurry; rash, tumultuous haste; impetuosity.
(n.) The act or process of precipitating from a solution.
Checker: Mortimer
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Haste, hurry, precipitance, flurry, precipitancy.[2]. Rashness, recklessness, thoughtlessness, heedlessness, foolhardiness, inconsiderateness, temerity, presumption.
Edited by Edith
Examples
- It does this by means of precipitation. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- My uncle will be full of horror, weakness, precipitation; and that is the only expedient which will suggest itself to him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It made her a little hasty and feverish in her precipitation. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- This formation of a solid substance from the mingling of two liquids is called precipitation; such a process occurs daily in the rocks beneath the surface of the earth. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In his judgment granite was a primitive rock formed previous to animal and vegetable life (hence without organic remains) by chemical precipitation. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It was a foolish precipitation last Christmas, but the evil of a few days may be blotted out in part. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- The less precipitation, the smaller should be the amount of seed planted. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- If, however, the air is not saturated, a fall in temperature may occur without producing precipitation. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
Edited by Kelsey