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precipitation

(prɪsɪpɪteɪʃən)
1. uncountable noun
Precipitation is rain, snow, or hail.
[technical]
2. uncountable noun
Precipitation is a process in a chemical reaction which causes solid particles to become separated from a liquid.
[technical]

precipitation in British English

(prɪˌsɪpɪˈteɪʃən)
noun
1.  meteorology
a. 
rain, snow, sleet, dew, etc, formed by condensation of water vapour in the atmosphere
b. 
the deposition of these on the earth's surface
c. 
the amount precipitated
2. 
the production or formation of a chemical precipitate
3. 
the act of precipitating or the state of being precipitated
4. 
rash or undue haste
5.  spiritualism
the appearance of a spirit in bodily form; materialization

precipitation in American English

(priˌsɪpəˈteɪʃən; prɪˌsɪpəˈteɪʃən)
noun
1. 
a precipitating or being precipitated; specif., a headlong fall or rush
2. 
precipitancy; rash haste; impetuosity
3. 
a bringing on suddenly; acceleration
4.  Chemistry
a. 
a precipitating or being precipitated from a solution
b. 
a precipitate
5.  Meteorology
a. 
a depositing of rain, snow, sleet, etc.
b. 
rain, snow, sleet, etc.
c. 
the amount of this
Word origin
MFr précipitation < L praecipitatio

precipitation in the Pharmaceutical Industry

(prɪsɪpɪteɪʃən)
noun
(Pharmaceutical: Processes)
Precipitation is a process that causes solid particles to become separated from a liquid.
If the precipitation of salts is slow, the resulting deposits mix together.
In a precipitation reaction, an insoluble ionic compound comes out of solution and forms a solid.
Precipitation is a process that causes solid particles to become separated from a liquid.

Examples of 'precipitation' in a sentence
precipitation

Again, a long silence, the empty frequency hissing with background noise, probably precipitation static, he guessed.
Terman, Douglas CORMORANT (2003)
It rained part of the day, a benign and half-hearted precipitation.
Hilary Mantel LEARNING TO TALK: SHORT STORIES (2003)
thought that evaporation was what caused stalagmites, not precipitation.
Elizabeth Lowell THIS TIME LOVE (2003)

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