precipitation Meaning and Definition

1. n. overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)

2. n. an unexpected acceleration or hastening

3. n. the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height

4. n. the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)

5. n. the process of forming a chemical precipitate

6. n. the quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time