precipitation

precipitation

CEFR: C1-C2 /pre-cip-i-ta-tion/ [p.r.ih0.s.ih2.p.ih0.t.ey1.sh.ah0.n]

Precipitation is rain, snow, or hail. An example in a sentence:

Example Sentences:
A tropical climate has warm temperatures throughout the year and a significant amount of precipitation.

Precipitation is also a process in a chemical reaction which causes solid particles to become separated from a liquid. An example in a sentence:

Example Sentences:
If you would add more sugar to a saturated sugar-water solution, sugar crystals would just gather at the bottom of the glass. This is the precipitation.