- (n.) A deposit on the earth of hail, mist, rain, sleet or snow; also, the quantity of water deposited.
- (n.) The act or process of precipitating from a solution.
- (n.) Great hurry; rash, tumultuous haste; impetuosity.
- (n.) A falling, flowing or rushing downward with violence and rapidity.
- (n.) The act of precipitating or the state of being precipitated or thrown headlong.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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