Hypertext Webster Gateway: "precipitation"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Precipitation \Pre*cip`i*ta"tion\, n. [L. praecipitatio: cf. F.
pr['e]cipitation.]
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 rapid motion of the
water, returning . . . towards the sea. --Woodward.

3. Great hurry; rash, tumultuous haste; impetuosity. ``The
precipitation of inexperience.'' --Rambler.

4. (Chem.) The act or process of precipitating from a
solution.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

precipitation
n 1: the process of forming a chemical precipitate
2: the falling to earth of rain or snow or hail or sleet or
mist [syn: {downfall}]
3: an unexpected acceleration or hastening: "he is responsible
for the precipitation of his own demise"

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