precipitation
precipitation is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A falling, flowing, or rushing downward with violence and rapidity. The hurry, precipitation, and rapid motion of the water, returning . . . towards the sea. Woodward.
- 2.Great hurry; rash, tumultuous haste; impetuosity. "The precipitation of inexperience." Rambler.
- 3.(Chem.) The act or process from a solution.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abase
- abasement
- about
- bend
- bob
- bow
- bring
- cast
- concavity
- couch
- courtesy
- cower
- crouch
- curtsy
- cut
- dash
- debase
- depress
- depressed
- depression
- detrude
- detrusion
- dip
- down
- drop
- duck
- dust
- ebb
- fall
- fell
- fling
- genuflection
- ground
- head
- hew
- horizontal
- knee
- kneel
- knock
- kowtow
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is precipitation.
- What is a falling, flowing, or rushing downward with violence and rapidity. The hurry, precipitation, and rapid motion of the water, returning . . . towards the sea. Woodward called?
- What is great hurry; rash, tumultuous haste; impetuosity. "The precipitation of inexperience." Rambler called?
- What is the act or process from a solution called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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