Look up: Precipitation

1. Precipitation
   Precipitation refers to the process by which disolved or suspended solids are separated from a liquid.
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2. Precipitation
   Removal of hazardous solids from liquid waste to permit safe disposal; removal of particles from airborne emissions as in rain (e.g. acid precipitation).
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3. precipitation
   Any or all forms of liquid or solid water particles that fall from the atmosphere and reach the Earth's surface. It includes drizzle, rain, snow, snow pellets, snow grains, ice crystals, ice pellets, and hail. The ratio of precipitation to evaporation is the most important factor in the distribution of vegetation zones. Precipitation is also defined as a measure of the quantity, expressed in centimeters or milliliters of liquid water depth, of the water substance that has fallen at a given locat…
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4. Precipitation
   A reaction between antibody and soluble antigen resulting in a visible mass of antibody-antigen complexes.
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5. Precipitation
   Moisture that is released from the atmosphere as rain, drizzle, hail, sleet or snow, as well as dew and fog.
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6. precipitation
   [n] - the quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time 2. [n] - the process of forming a chemical precipitate 3. [n] - the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist) 4. [n] - the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height 5. [n] - an unexpected acceleration or hastening
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7. precipitation
   the production of a separate liquid phase from a mixture of gases (e.g., rain), or of a separate solid phase from a liquid solution, as in the precipitation of calcite cement from water in the interstices of rock.
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8. precipitation
   (Learning Modules / Geography / Weather forecasting) Any weather related materials that 'fall out the sky' - normally rain but can include snow, hail, sleet.
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9. precipitation
   Precipitation is the conversion of a dissolved substance into insoluble form by chemical or physical means.
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10. Precipitation
    Swimming pool chemistry: To precipitate is to come out of solution; become insoluble by result of chemical action. Material forced out of solution, purposefully or accidentally, will then settle, stain or scale, or remain suspended in the water.
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11. Precipitation
    A general meteorological term for the forms in which water may fall after condensation from the atmosphere. Precipitation may take the form of rain, drizzle, snow or sleet.
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12. precipitation
    1.the total measurable supply of water of all forms of falling moisture, including dew, rain, mist, snow, hail and sleet; usually expressed as depth of liquid water on a horizontal surface in a day, month, or year, and designated so daily, monthly, or annual precipitation 2.the process by which atmospheric moisture in liquid or solid state is discharged into a land or water surface; Meteorology: w…
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13. Precipitation
    Pre·cip`i·ta"tion noun [ Latin praecipitatio : confer French précipitation .] 1. The act of precipitating, or the state of being precipitated, or thrown headlong. « In peril of precipitation From off rock Tarpeian.» Shak. 2. A falling, flowing, or rushing downward with violence and rapidity. « The hurry, precipitation , and ra …
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14. Precipitation
    Pre·cip`i·ta"tion noun (Meteor.) A deposit on the earth of hail, mist, rain, sleet, or snow; also, the quantity of water deposited. » Deposits of dew, fog, and frost are not regarded by the United States Weather Bureau as precipitation . Sleet and snow are melted, and the record of precipitation shows the depth of the horizontal layers of water in hundredths of an inch or in …
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15. precipitation
    The act or process of precipitating. ... Origin: L. Praecipitatio ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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16. precipitation
    noun an unexpected acceleration or hastening; `he is responsible for the precipitation of his own demise`
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17. precipitation
    noun the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height
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18. precipitation
    downfall noun the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
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19. precipitation
    noun the process of forming a chemical precipitate
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20. precipitation
    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`
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21. Precipitation
    `Precipitation` may refer to: * Precipitation (meteorology), rain, sleet, hail, snow and other forms of water falling from the sky * Precipitation (chemistry), the condensation of a solid from a solution during a chemical reaction * Precipitation (horse), a Thoroughbred racehorse * The band Interpol's EP
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22. Precipitation
    `Precipitation` may refer to: * Precipitation (meteorology), rain, sleet, hail, snow and other forms of water falling from the sky * Precipitation (chemistry), the condensation of a solid from a solution during a chemical reaction * Precipitation (horse), a Thoroughbred racehorse * The band Interpol's EP
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23. precipitation
    (pre-sip″ĭ-ta´shәn) the act or process of precipitating.
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24. Precipitation
    • (n.) A deposit on the earth of hail, mist, rain, sleet, or snow; also, the quantity of water deposited. • (n.) The act or process of precipitating from a solution. • (n.) Great hurry; rash, tumultuous haste; impetuosity. • (n.) A falling, flowing, or rushing downward with violence and rapidity. • (n.) The act of precipita...
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25. precipitation
    all liquid and solid water particles that fall from clouds and reach the ground. These particles include drizzle, rain, snow, snow pellets, ice ... [42 related articles]
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