Definition of Precipitation. Meaning of Precipitation. Synonyms of Precipitation

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Definition of Precipitation

Precipitation
Precipitation Pre*cip`i*ta"tion, n. (Meteor.) A deposit on the earth of hail, mist, rain, sleet, or snow; also, the quantity of water deposited. Note: 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 millimeters.

Meaning of Precipitation from wikipedia

- In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls from clouds due to gravitational pull. The main...
- In an aqueous solution, precipitation is the "sedimentation of a solid material (a precipitate) from a liquid solution". The solid formed is called the...
- meteorology, the different types of precipitation often include the character, formation, or phase of the precipitation which is falling to ground level...
- Look up precipitation or précipitation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Precipitation is any meteorological phenomenon featuring water falling from...
- Precipitation hardening, also called age hardening or particle hardening, is a heat treatment technique used to increase the yield strength of malleable...
- Protein precipitation is widely used in downstream processing of biological products in order to concentrate proteins and purify them from various contaminants...
- Electron precipitation (also called energetic electron precipitation or EEP) is an atmospheric phenomenon that occurs when previously trapped electrons...
- Probability of precipitation (PoP) is a commonly used term referring to the likelihood of precipitation falling in a particular area over a defined period...
- This is a list of countries by average annual precipitation. List of countries by average yearly temperature. Grenada's latest measurement was in 2014...
- A shower is a mode of precipitation characterized by an abrupt start and end and by rapid variations in intensity. Often strong and short-lived, it comes...