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precipitation
autonetics

pre·cip·i·ta·tion

precipitation

 
 
pronunciation:
pr sI p teI shn
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part of speech: noun
definition 1: the act of precipitating or state of being precipitated.
 
definition 2: snow, rain, or the like, or the amount of such matter to fall on a given area in a given amount of time.
similar words:
precipitate, rain
definition 3: in chemistry, the separation of particles from a solution.
similar words:
precipitate
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adjective + (n.)precipitation acidic, actual, annual, atmospheric, average, changing, chemical, consistent, corrected, enhanced, excess, extreme, frequent, global, heavy, increased, increasing, intense, latitudinal, liquid, long-term, low, mean, mild, moderate, monthly, net, normal, regional, scant, seasonal, severe, solar, total, typical, warm [See all][See only the most frequent]
verb + (n.)precipitation cause, collect, deposit, document, induce, prevent, produce, record, rely, result, seed
(n.)precipitation + verb accompany, accumulate, affect, associate, average, correlate, decline, decrease, differ, drop, estimate, evaporate, exceed, fall, illustrate, increase, influence, measure, observe, occur, predict, range, shield, vary  [See all][See only the most frequent]
noun + (n.)precipitation Help acid, acidity, amount, balance, belt, change, circulation, cloud, concentration, condition, correlation, decrease, desert, disposal, duration, estimate, factor, inch, increase, influence, intensity, lack, lag, latitude, millimeter, monsoon, phenomenon, phosphorus, rainfall, response, speed, summer, surface, temperature, variability, variable, volume, warming, weather, wind, winter  [See all][See only the most frequent]
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