precipitation 音标拼音: [prɪs
, ɪpɪt'eʃən]
n . 坠落,沉淀,凝结,降水
坠落,沈淀,凝结,降水
precipitation n 1 :
the quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time ; "
the storm brought several inches of precipitation "
2 :
the process of forming a chemical precipitate 3 :
the falling to earth of any form of water (
rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist ) [
synonym : {
precipitation }, {
downfall }]
4 :
the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height 5 :
an unexpected acceleration or hastening ; "
he is responsible for the precipitation of his own demise "
6 :
overly eager speed (
and possible carelessness ); "
he soon regretted his haste " [
synonym : {
haste }, {
hastiness }, {
hurry },
{
hurriedness }, {
precipitation }]
Precipitation \
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n . [
L .
praecipitatio :
cf .
F .
pr ['
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cipitation .]
1 .
The act of precipitating ,
or the state of being precipitated ,
or thrown headlong .
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1913 Webster ]
In peril of precipitation From off rock Tarpeian . --
Shak .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
A falling ,
flowing ,
or rushing downward with violence and rapidity .
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1913 Webster ]
The hurry ,
precipitation ,
and rapid motion of the water ,
returning . . .
towards the sea . --
Woodward .
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1913 Webster ]
3 .
Great hurry ;
rash ,
tumultuous haste ;
impetuosity . "
The precipitation of inexperience ." --
Rambler .
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1913 Webster ]
4 . (
Chem .)
The act or process of precipitating from a solution .
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1913 Webster ]
5 . (
Meteorology )
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 .
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
128 Moby Thesaurus words for "
precipitation ":
Scotch mist ,
abruptness ,
air speed ,
alacrity ,
alluvion ,
alluvium ,
ash ,
blood rain ,
carelessness ,
celerity ,
cinder ,
clinker ,
deposit ,
deposition ,
deposits ,
desperateness ,
devil -
may -
careness ,
diluvium ,
dispatch ,
downcast ,
downpour ,
downthrow ,
draff ,
dregs ,
drizzle ,
dross ,
ember ,
evening mist ,
expedition ,
expeditiousness ,
fall ,
fastness ,
feces ,
feverishness ,
flight ,
flit ,
flurry ,
forwardness ,
froth ,
furiousness ,
gout of rain ,
ground speed ,
grounds ,
hail ,
haste ,
hastiness ,
heedlessness ,
hotheadedness ,
hurriedness ,
hurry ,
impatience ,
impetuosity ,
impetuousness ,
impulse ,
impulsiveness ,
instantaneousness ,
knots ,
lees ,
lightning speed ,
loess ,
miles per hour ,
mist ,
misty rain ,
mizzle ,
moisture ,
moraine ,
offscum ,
overeagerness ,
overenthusiasm ,
overhastiness ,
overthrow ,
overturn ,
overzealousness ,
patter ,
pitter -
patter ,
precipitance ,
precipitancy ,
precipitate ,
precipitateness ,
precipitousness ,
precociousness ,
precocity ,
prematureness ,
prematurity ,
promptitude ,
promptness ,
quickness ,
rain ,
raindrop ,
rainfall ,
rainwater ,
rapidity ,
rashness ,
recklessness ,
round pace ,
rpm ,
rush ,
scoria ,
scum ,
sediment ,
sedimentation ,
settlings ,
sheet of rain ,
shower ,
showers ,
silt ,
sinter ,
slag ,
sleet ,
smut ,
snappiness ,
snow ,
snowfall ,
soot ,
speed ,
speediness ,
splatter ,
sprinkle ,
sublimate ,
suddenness ,
swift rate ,
swiftness ,
unfrozen hydrometeor ,
untimeliness ,
velocity ,
wantonness ,
wet ,
wildness
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