Sedimentation vs. Precipitation

Sedimentationnoun

The separation of a suspension of solid particles into a concentrated slurry and a supernatant liquid, either to concentrate the solid or to clarify the liquid.

Sedimentationnoun

The act of depositing a sediment; specifically (Geol.), the deposition of the material of which sedimentary rocks are formed.

Sedimentationnoun

the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating

Sedimentationnoun

the process of settling or being deposited as a sediment

Sedimentation

Sedimentation is the tendency for particles in suspension to settle out of the fluid in which they are entrained and come to rest against a barrier. This is due to their motion through the fluid in response to the forces acting on them: these forces can be due to gravity, centrifugal acceleration, or electromagnetism.

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.