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Definitions of precipitation

  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 act of precipitating; great hurry; rash haste; rapid movement.
  3.   A deposit on the earth of hail, mist, rain, sleet, or snow; also, the quantity of water deposited.
  4.   Headlong fall; rashness; rash haste; a violent and swift descent; the process of causing the solid part of a solution to separate from the liquid; the falling upon the earth's surface of rain, etc.
  5.   A falling, flowing, or rushing downward with violence and rapidity.
  6.   Great hurry; tumultuous and blind haste; the operation of throwing down from a liquid a substance held in solution; the process of separating any substance from another. Note.- When substances held in solution fall down in a solid state, they are called precipitates; substances merely suspended in a liquid, as earthy matter in water, which fall or settle down, are called sediments- in the former case the operating cause is chemical, in the latter mechanical.
  7.   The act or process of precipitating from a solution.
  8.   The act of precipitating, or the state of being precipitated, or thrown headlong.
  9.   the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height
  10.   Great hurry; rash, tumultuous haste; impetuosity.
  11.   Act of precipitating: great hurry: rash haste: rapid movement.
  12.   the falling to earth of any form of water ( rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
  13.   overly eager speed ( and possible carelessness); " he soon regretted his haste"
  14.   the process of forming a chemical precipitate
  15.   an unexpected acceleration or hastening; " he is responsible for the precipitation of his own demise"
  16.   1. The act of precipitating. 2. The process of formation of a deposit of solid matter held in solution or suspension in a liquid. 3. The phenomenon of clumping of proteins in serum produced by the addition of a specific precipitin. 4. Haste, headlong hurry, precipitancy.

Antonyms for precipitation

deliberateness, lateness, slowness, languor, dilatoriness, inaction, care, inactivity, inertness, wariness, hesitation, torpor, circumspection, lethargy, deliberation, dormancy, procrastination, leisureliness, cowardice, caution, inertia, quiescence, sluggishness, timidity.

Quotes of precipitation

  1. Prevention of birth is a precipitation of murder. – Tertullian

Usage examples for precipitation

  1. “ But this prospect was spoilt first by Sabinus' precipitation and then by his cowardice, for, after very rashly taking arms, he failed to defend against three cohorts of Guards the strongly fortified castle on the Capitol, which ought to have been impregnable even to a large army. ” – Tacitus: The Histories, Volumes I and II by Caius Cornelius Tacitus
  2. “ After this he sailed into the Hellespont, in order to raise supplies of money, and took the city of Selymbria, in which action, through his precipitation he exposed himself to great danger. ” – Plutarch-Lives-of-the-noble-Grecians-and-Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh
  3. “ Thither also the rest of the multitude fled with the utmost precipitation ” – The History of Rome; Books Nine to Twenty-Six by Titus Livius
  4. “ It has been observed that heavy precipitation may be expected after protracted periods of drought. ” – The Passaic Flood of 1903 by Marshall Ora Leighton
  5. “ These latter are all orders or reports belonging to the third army corps, and were left behind in the precipitation of the flight! ” – My Home In The Field of Honor by Frances Wilson Huard
  6. “ Everything was still and peaceful as became a Sunday afternoon,- so that when the sound of a heavy advancing footstep disturbed the intense calm, the girl was almost nervously startled, and rose from her seat with so much precipitation that the butterflies, who had possibly been considering whether her hair might not be some new sort of sunflower, took fright and flew far upwards, and the demure kitten scared out of its absurd self- consciousness, scrambled hastily up the nearest little tree. ” – Thelma by Marie Corelli
  7. “ This plain- speaking and precipitation pleased her, not less than his energy and authoritative manner, although she felt frightened- frightened, and at the same time flattered, that so much energy and authoritativeness should bow before her, and that at a time when all paid court to him. ” – The Bridal March; One Day by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
  8. “ In the first place, we are led to infer, from all the cases brought into notice, that every kind of external force, or precipitation in education, is abhorrent to Nature. ” – A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education by James Gall
  9. “ The action of surface waters, in thus concentrating the iron in certain localities which are favorable for precipitation is similar to the formation of the lead and zinc ores of the Mississippi valley, referred to in the next chapter. ” – The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. Leith
  10. “ We plunge into a dark gulf with all the rash precipitation of fear. ” – The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. V. (of 12) by Edmund Burke
  11. “ You were pleased that she overlooked Mascha's precipitation so easily yesterday. ” – Boris Lensky by Ossip Schubin
  12. “ Angela, stunned and terrified by this unexpected precipitation into ice- cold water, lay like a log with eyes closed. ” – Colorado Jim by George Goodchild
  13. “ The first lesson to be drawn from this important principle of irrigation is that if the soil be so treated as to contain at planting time the largest proportion of the natural precipitation that is, if the ordinary methods of dry- farming be employed,- crops will be produced with a very small amount of irrigation water. ” – Dry-Farming by John A. Widtsoe
  14. “ I did what I wanted a moment ago," he continued with some precipitation I brought you out handsomely on the subject of Mr. Longdon. ” – The Awkward Age by Henry James
  15. “ The dry- farmer must never forget that the critical element in dry- farming is water and that the annual rainfall will in the very nature of things vary from year to year, with the result that the dry year, or the year with a precipitation below the average, is sure to come. ” – Dry-Farming by John A. Widtsoe
  16. “ His regular force did not exceed three hundred men; but, by surprising the British sentinels, he struck consternation into their ranks, and they fled with precipitation leaving behind them their plunder and a part of their stores. ” – Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Complete by Matthew L. Davis
  17. “ It is repeated use that gives a method definiteness; and given this definiteness, precipitation into formulated statement should follow naturally. ” – How We Think by John Dewey
  18. “ With the speed and precipitation of a springing panther, the Spaniard leaped forward and drove his dagger deep into the neck of his comrade, who, with a gurgling cry, plunged headlong forward, and down the precipice, thrusting his lance as he fell. ” – The Strong Arm by Robert Barr
  19. “ I may have had something to do with its precipitation for I, too, am psychic, but not in any material way did I aid the guide." ” – Victor Ollnee's Discipline by Hamlin Garland

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