precipitation

Signification (Anglais)

  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.

Concepts

chute de pluie

conditions météorologiques

formation d’un précipité

hauteur de précipitation

hydrométéorologie

intensité des précipitations

jours de précipitation

régime de précipitation

phénomène météorologique

précipitation atmosphérique

Traductions

precipitação atmosférica

Präzipitation

υγροποίηση

precipitación atmosférica

ατμοσφαιρική κατακρήμνιση

κατακρήμνιση

Fréquence

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Prononcé comme (IPA)
/pɹɪˌsɪpɪˈteɪʃən/
Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle French précipitation, from Latin praecipitātiō, praecipitātiōnem.

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