Definizione monolingua

precipitation

precipitation (countable and uncountable; plural precipitations)

1. (meteorology) Any or all of the forms of water particles, whether liquid or solid, that fall from the 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. A hurried headlong fall.
3. (countable, 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.
4. (figuratively) Unwise or rash rapidity; sudden haste.

   had acted with some precipitation and had probably started out upon a wild-goose chase -- Dorothy Sayers

Definizione dizionario precipitation

	precipitazione
	The process of producing a separable solid phase within a liquid medium; represents the formation of a new condensed phase, such as a vapour or gas condensing to liquid droplets; a new solid phase gradually precipitates within a solid alloy as a result of slow, inner chemical reaction; in analytical chemistry, precipitation is used to separate a solid phase in an aqueous solution.(Source: MGH)

	precipitazione atmosferica
	The settling out of water from cloud in the form of rain, hail, snow, etc.

ammontare di precipitazioni

Altri significati:

settlement (e.g. of sediment)

(figuratively) Unwise or rash rapidity; sudden haste.

(meteorology) Any or all of the forms of water particles, whether liquid or solid, that fall from the 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.

weather: water falling from the atmosphere

chemistry: chemical reaction forming solid in liquid

A hurried headlong fall.

unwise or rash rapidity; sudden haste

(countable, 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.