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US
/pɹɪˌsɪpɪˈteɪʃən/
]
[ UK /pɹɪsˌɪpɪtˈeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /pɹɪsˌɪpɪtˈeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
- the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
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an unexpected acceleration or hastening
he is responsible for the precipitation of his own demise -
the quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time
the storm brought several inches of precipitation -
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
he soon regretted his haste - the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height
- the process of forming a chemical precipitate
How To Use precipitation In A Sentence
- There was a horizon-to-horizon rainbow to the northeast, a "sun pillar" to the northwest, and "virga" - wisps of precipitation (such as snow or ice) streaming down from a cloud but evaporating before reaching the ground. Kansas.com Blogs Master Site Feed
- Chain car collisions on the Interstate, hysteria-tinged second by second updates from the weatherman on the local TV stations, a stunned, awestricken look from the locals that almost made one think that this was surely the first time they had ever seen this precipitation thing occurring. Election Central Sunday Roundup
- The author performed immunoprecipitation with immunodiffusion, using Petri dishes that contained 15 ml of 1.2% agarose in a barbital buffer.
- The process conditions of separation and purification via diatom earth filtration and alcohol precipitation were studied.
- Lack of precipitation resulted in a severe decrease in availability of mixed grass forage, resulting in animal BW loss.
- The high concentration organic wastewater from diclofenac sodium production process was treated by precipitation - adsorption technology.
- As the slope steepens, warm, moist air overrunning the cold air is cut off and the precipitation coverage begins to rapidly decrease.
- Iron is transferred via ground water from topographically higher areas and precipitation occurs at valley base, where the land surface intersects the water table.
- To evaluate the mouthwashes for compatibility with the DNA purification chemistry, the protein precipitation step was examined.
- Results showed that the herbaceous vegetation could weaken kinetic energy of raindrops, and had a significant diffluent function during rainfall events to reduce effective precipitation on the slope.
