precipitation

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable, uncountable) Any or all of the forms of water particles, whether liquid or solid, that fall from the upper 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. (countable, uncountable) The amount of water precipitated in any form.
3. (countable, uncountable) A hurried headlong fall.
4. (countable, uncountable) 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.
5. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Unwise or rash rapidity; sudden haste.

Sinonieme

rainfall

hurry

rain

🌧️

haste

sediment

deposition

hastiness

atmospheric precipitation

downfall

sedimentation

rashness

deposit

inspissation

hurriedness

precipitance

precipitate

rush

settling

thickening

weather

drizzle

hustle

hydrometeorology

hygrometric

impetuosity

abatement

jostles

liberation

liquefaction

lixiviation

loss

overthrow

precipitation reaction

precipitancy

inconsiderate haste

precipitousness

prolapsus

dregs

decline

crashes

recession

rash rapidity

rushing

scurf

collisions

collapse

separate out

separation

settlement

precipitating action

Vertalings

précipitation

precipitación

Niederschlag

precipitazione

precipitação

precipitació

Präzipitation

neerslag

precipitação atmosférica

υγροποίηση

Hast

ατμοσφαιρική κατακρήμνιση

κατακρήμνιση

precipitación atmosférica

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/pɹɪˌsɪpɪˈteɪʃən/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Middle French précipitation, from Latin praecipitātiō, praecipitātiōnem.