different between precipitation vs rainstorm
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:
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rainstorm
English
Etymology
rain +? storm
Noun
rainstorm (plural rainstorms)
- A storm characterized by substantial, heavy rainfall.
Translations
See also
- deluge
- hailstorm
- snowstorm
- thunderstorm
rainstorm From the web:
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- what causes rainstorms
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- what a rainstorm looks like
- what does rainstorm look like
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