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In Chemistry, coprecipitation (CPT or co-precipitation is the carrying down by a Precipitate of substances normally soluble under the conditions employed According to the United States National Weather Service's National Digital Forecast Database The Quantitative Precipitation Forecast (abbreviated QPF is the expected amount of liquid

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precipitation

-noun

  1. A hurried headlong fall.
  2. (countable, chemistry) A reaction that leads to the formation of a heavier solid in a lighter liquid; the precipitate so formed at the bottom of the container.
  3. (Weather) Any or all of the forms of water particles, whether liquid or solid, that fall from the 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.
  4. (figuratively) Unwise or rash rapidity; sudden haste.
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