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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN acid ▪ Much concern has been expressed that acid precipitation causes a reduction in forest productivity. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ In the last four days, we've had three inches of precipitation . EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time; "the storm brought several inches of precipitation" the process of forming a chemical precipitate the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Precipitation \Pre*cip`i*ta"tion\, n. [L. praecipitatio: cf. F. pr['e]cipitation.] The act of precipitating, or the state of being precipitated, or thrown headlong. In peril of precipitation From off rock Tarpeian. --Shak. A falling, flowing, or rushing ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Precipitation is a meteorological phenomenon consisting of rain, sleet, hail, snow, and other forms of water falling from the sky. Precipitation may also refer to: Basic precipitation , a type of meteorological precipitation characterized by high alkalinity ...

Usage examples of precipitation.

When the barometer begins to fall, it is a sure warning of an approaching north-westerly wind, which is always accompanied by precipitation, and increases in force until the fall of the barometer ceases.

It is best separated from this precipitate by fusion with bisulphate of potash, as already described, but it must be remembered that the presence of much mineral acid prevents complete precipitation when the solution is boiled.

It may be removed by passing sulphuretted hydrogen through the filtrate from the acetate separation: sulphides of nickel, cobalt and zinc will be precipitated, whilst manganese remains in solution: the addition of more sodium acetate may assist the precipitation.

The manganese is determined in the titrated solution by precipitation as dioxide and titrating.

If sulphuretted hydrogen is passed through an acid solution containing the metals till no further precipitation takes place, a precipitate will be formed containing sulphides insoluble in the acid.

It is separated from potassium by fractional precipitation with platinic chloride.

Anyway, she was familiar with the fact that the addition of a bromide to a mixture containing strychnine would cause the precipitation of the latter.

Most precipitation, he vaguely remembered learning once, fell from nimbostratus, altostratus or cumulonimbus clouds.

As soon as she sounded a revolt in the ears of Zeno, he fled with precipitation into the mountains of Isauria, and her brother Basiliscus, already infamous by his African expedition, was unanimously proclaimed by the servile senate.

The confederate army passed the Moselle and the Saar in the beginning of June, and encamped at Elft in sight of the enemy, who retired with great precipitation, and intrenched themselves in the neighbourhood of Coningsmarcheren.

Similar grains, lodging in the folds of the bladder, gradually increase in size, by the precipitation of more salts around them, and ultimately become a source of much irritation.

The vegetable matter in common inks facilitates the destruction, or rather alteration and precipitation of the indigo, for the dye appears in the iron precipitate and may be extracted from it with boiling water.

All tanno-gallate of iron inks require some vehicle to hold their particles in a state of suspension, otherwise there would be precipitation and such an ink could not be used.

Whereas former deserts like those in the Middle East and northern Africa were blessed now with sweet downpourings of precipitation as never before, and the whole southeastern arc of the United States from East Texas to Florida had turned into one enormous rain forest, strangling under a phantasmagorical burden of colossal furry vines and great clumps of orchids and gigantic creeping plants with shiny leaves.

A juicy dropping struck my shoulder, and I could see a rain of falling particles, a noxious precipitation from the thundering flock overhead, raising tiny puffs of dust from the street as the droppings struck.