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precipitation
  1. (meteorology) Any or all of the forms of water particles, whether liquid or solid, that fall from the atmosphere (e.g., rain, hail, snow or sleet). It is a major class of hydrometeor, but it is distinguished from cloud, fog, dew, rime, frost, etc., in that it must fall. It is distinguished from cloud and virga in that it must reach the ground.
  2. A hurried headlong fall.
  3. (chemistry) A reaction that leads to the formation of a heavier solid in a lighter liquid; the precipitate so formed at the bottom of the container.
  4. (figuratively) Unwise or rash rapidity; sudden haste.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “It is likely that the frequency of heavy precipitation, or the proportion of total rainfall from heavy precipitation, will increase in the twenty-first century over many areas.”
      “If we omit or ignore these steps and immediately launch into a work or make a judgment without reflection, we shall have worked or acted with precipitation and imprudence.”
      “Recent precipitation patterns bode well for spring growth of alfalfa and native grasses.”
precipitator
  1. One who precipitates, or urges on with vehemence or rashness.
  2. A person who, or device that, carries out precipitation.
  3. An apparatus which removes dust particles from gases by electrostatic precipitation.
  4. Examples:
    1. “The flue gas-cleaning system has a semi-dry scrubber with an electrostatic precipitator, but there is no dioxin filter.”
      “The farmers allege that shutting off the thermal power plant's electrostatic precipitator caused the fog.”
      “The locations of the boiler and stack are set, and an electrostatic precipitator or baghouse may have been added since the plant was built.”
precipitate
  1. A product resulting from a process, event, or course of action.
  2. (chemistry) A solid that exits the liquid phase of a solution.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The thoughts he was presenting were the precipitate of his philosophical investigations over the previous sixteen years.”
      “Most of the silver material settles as precipitate at the bottom of the solution.”
precipitin
  1. Any antibody that reacts with an antigen to form a precipitate.
  2. Examples:
    1. “In antibody test against H. capsulatum, the positive immunodiffusion reactions involve one or more specific precipitin bands.”
      “Their specificity could be related to particular defined groups on the antigen and evaluated quantitatively with precipitin reactions and hapten inhibition of precipitation.”
      “Plates were incubated upright at 30°C for 48 72 hrs and were visually inspected for the formation of precipitin rings.”
precipitateness
  1. The state of being precipitate; hastiness. [from 17th c.]
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Whatever else may be said about Areche's solution of the Huancavelica problem, he can not be charged with precipitateness in reaching it.”
      “He must have known that men, rash and ignorant, have been alarmed by fallacious representations and, deciding with precipitateness on matters of the highest moment, have been impelled to the most dangerous enterprises.”
      “I believe that, regarding this, speed must not be confused with precipitateness.”
precipitant
precipitinogen
  1. A substance that produces a precipitin.
precipitability
  1. (chemistry) The quality or state of being precipitable.
precipitantness
  1. The state or quality of being precipitant.
precip
precipitabilities
  1. plural of precipitability
precipitinogens
  1. plural of precipitinogen
precipitations
  1. plural of precipitation
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Steady precipitations throughout the day on Friday forced promoter Serge Lagacé to cancel his final point's night.”
      “In the industrial areas of the middle and the south of the country the precipitations are acid.”
      “It is a natural spring up, and thereafter with the help of the variegated colours there are precipitations.”
precipitators
  1. plural of precipitator
  2. Examples:
    1. “The arsenic captured by the precipitators and in dust chambers played an equal role in polluting the area.”
      “The commissioners did finally insist that the company install the additional electrical precipitators.”
      “However, the installation of these devices, such as electrostatic precipitators, concentrates the fly ash in certain areas.”
precipitates
precipitants
  1. plural of precipitant
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Nitric oxide, nitrates, and sulfa-containing drugs are the most frequent precipitants of clinically important methemoglobinemia.”
      “There are many precipitants of this infection, but the most common is excessive moisture that elevates the pH and removes the cerumen.”
      “Most reported interventions have begun with assessment of seizure precipitants, looking particularly for emotionally based triggers for seizures.”
precipitins
  1. plural of precipitin
precips
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