different between clouds vs precipitation
clouds
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kla?dz/
Noun
clouds
- plural of cloud
Verb
clouds
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cloud
Anagrams
- coulds, scould
Spanish
Noun
clouds m pl
- plural of cloud
clouds From the web:
- what clouds have the greatest turbulence
- what clouds are made of
- what clouds produce rain
- what clouds produce thunderstorms
- what clouds are made of ice crystals
- what clouds bring thunderstorms
- what clouds produce snow
- what clouds cause thunderstorms
precipitation
English
Etymology
From Middle French précipitation, from Latin praecipit?ti?, praecipit?ti?nem.
Pronunciation
- (US, UK) IPA(key): /p???s?p??te???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
precipitation (countable and uncountable, plural precipitations)
- (meteorology) 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.
- 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- South Korea’s Ministry of Environment said in a news release that no major precipitation was observed after the cloud seeding operation.
- South Korea’s Ministry of Environment said in a news release that no major precipitation was observed after the cloud seeding operation.
- 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- A hurried headlong fall.
- (countable, uncountable, chemistry) 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.
- (figuratively) Unwise or rash rapidity; sudden haste.
- 1933, Dorothy L. Sayers, Murder Must Advertise
- […] had acted with some precipitation and had probably started out upon a wild-goose chase.
- 1933, Dorothy L. Sayers, Murder Must Advertise
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:hydrometeor
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- precipitation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- haste
- rashness
Anagrams
- intraepitopic
precipitation From the web:
- what precipitation means
- what precipitation means in weather
- what precipitation means rain
- what precipitation comes from cirrus clouds
- what precipitation is extreme
- what precipitation percent means
- what precipitation do
- what are the 4 types of precipitation
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