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

plural of precipitation

Abruptly; quickly. / At a sharp upwards angle.

(transitive) To make something happen suddenly and quickly. / (transitive) To throw an object or person from a great height. / (transitive) To send violently into a certain state or condition.

headlong; falling steeply or vertically. / Very steep; precipitous. / With a hasty impulse; hurried; headstrong. / Moving with excessive speed or haste; overly hasty.

a product resulting from a process, event, or course of action / (chemistry) a solid that exits the liquid phase of a solution

Steep, like a precipice / Headlong / Hasty; rash; quick; sudden

One who or that which precipitates (causes something to happen or urges it on with vehemence or rashness). / A person who, or device that, carries out precipitation.

The state of being precipitate; hastiness.

Hastened; hurried. / Deposited from a solution, vapour or state of suspension into gas.