noun
precipitation
prih-sih-pih-TAYSHN
noun
1
Rain, snow, hail, or any other form of water falling from the sky.
"The forecast predicts heavy precipitation across the region tomorrow."
2
(chemistry) The process of a solid forming and settling out of a liquid solution.
"The lab measured the precipitation of calcium carbonate from the mixture."
How to Use Precipitation
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe general weather-science word for rain, snow, sleet, and hail together; also a chemistry term for solids forming in a liquid.
Common pairings
heavy precipitation
annual precipitation
chance of precipitation
Word Forms
precipitations plural
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Etymology
From Latin praecipitatio, from the verb praecipitare, \"to throw headlong\" — the same root family as precipice and precipitate.