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.
&fist; 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.
Pre*cip`i*ta"tion (?), n. [L.
praecipitatio: cf. F. précipitation.]
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.
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.
&fist; 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.
