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precipitation - the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist) |
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downfall |
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atmospheric condition,
weather,
weather condition,
conditions the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation; "they were hoping for good weather"; "every day we have weather conditions and yesterday was no exception"; "the conditions were too rainy for playing in the snow"
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fine spray precipitation in very small drops
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hail enthusiastic greeting
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rainfall,
rain anything happening rapidly or in quick successive; "a rain of bullets"; "a pelting of insults"
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sleet partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow)
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snowfall,
snow English writer of novels about moral dilemmas in academe (1905-1980)
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virga light wispy precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the ground (especially when the lower air is low in humidity)
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diamond dust,
frost mist,
frost snow,
ice crystal,
ice needle,
poudrin,
snow mist small crystals of ice
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precipitation - an unexpected acceleration or hastening; "he is responsible for the precipitation of his own demise" |
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acceleration the act of accelerating; increasing the speed
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precipitation - the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height |
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drop,
fall the act of dropping something; "they expected the drop would be successful"
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precipitation - the process of forming a chemical precipitate |
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chemical action,
chemical change,
chemical process (chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved
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precipitation - the quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time; "the storm brought several inches of precipitation" |
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indefinite quantity an estimated quantity
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