Condensation vs. Precipitation

Condensationnoun

The act or process of condensing or of being condensed

Condensationnoun

The state of being condensed.

Condensationnoun

(physics) The conversion of a gas to a liquid.

Condensationnoun

The condensate so formed.

Condensationnoun

(chemistry) The reaction of two substances with the simultaneous loss of water or other small molecule.

Condensationnoun

The act or process of condensing or of being condensed; the state of being condensed.

Condensationnoun

The act or process of reducing, by depression of temperature or increase of pressure, etc., to another and denser form, as gas to the condition of a liquid or steam to water.

Condensationnoun

A rearrangement or concentration of the different constituents of one or more substances into a distinct and definite compound of greater complexity and molecular weight, often resulting in an increase of density, as the condensation of oxygen into ozone, or of acetone into mesitylene.

Condensationnoun

(psychoanalysis) an unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a single symbol; especially in dreams

Condensationnoun

the process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state

Condensationnoun

atmospheric moisture that has condensed because of cold

Condensationnoun

the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together;

Condensationnoun

a shortened version of a written work

Condensationnoun

the act of increasing the density of something

Condensationnoun

water which collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it

Condensationnoun

the conversion of a vapour or gas to a liquid

Condensationnoun

a reaction in which two molecules combine to form a larger molecule, producing a small molecule such as H₂O as a by-product.

Condensationnoun

the fusion of two or more images or ideas into a single composite or new image, as a primary process in unconscious thought exemplified in dreams.

Condensationnoun

a concise version of something, especially a text

Condensation

Condensation is the change of the physical state of matter from the gas phase into the liquid phase, and is the reverse of vaporization. The word most often refers to the water cycle.

Precipitationnoun

(meteorology) 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.

Precipitationnoun

A hurried headlong fall.

Precipitationnoun

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.

Precipitationnoun

(figuratively) Unwise or rash rapidity; sudden haste.

Precipitationnoun

The act of precipitating, or the state of being precipitated, or thrown headlong.

Precipitationnoun

A falling, flowing, or rushing downward with violence and rapidity.

Precipitationnoun

Great hurry; rash, tumultuous haste; impetuosity.

Precipitationnoun

The act or process of precipitating from a solution.

Precipitationnoun

A deposit on the earth of hail, mist, rain, sleet, or snow; also, the quantity of water deposited.

Precipitationnoun

the quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time;

Precipitationnoun

the process of forming a chemical precipitate

Precipitationnoun

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

Precipitationnoun

the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height

Precipitationnoun

an unexpected acceleration or hastening;

Precipitationnoun

overly eager speed (and possible carelessness);

Precipitationnoun

the action or process of precipitating a substance from a solution.

Precipitationnoun

rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to or condenses on the ground

Precipitationnoun

the fact or quality of acting suddenly and rashly

Precipitation

In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls under gravitational pull from clouds. The main forms of precipitation include drizzling, rain, sleet, snow, ice pellets, graupel and hail.