1. Hâte. Agir dans la précipitation.
2. (Chimie) Formation d'un dépôt.
3. Pluie. Des précipitations orageuses.
ETYM Old Eng. hast; akin to Dutch haast, German, Dan., Swed., and OFries. hast, cf. Old Fren. haste, French hâte (of German origin); all perh. from the root of Eng. hate in a earlier sense of, to pursue. Related to Hate.
1. Overly eager speed (and possible carelessness); SYN. hastiness, hurry, hurriedness.
2. The act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; SYN. hurry, rush, rushing.
A condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry; SYN. haste.
ETYM Latin praecipitatio: cf. French précipitation.
In meteorology, water that falls to the Earth from the atmosphere. It includes rain, snow, sleet, hail, dew, and frost.
1. An unexpected acceleration or hastening.
2. The falling to earth of rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist; SYN. downfall.
3. The process of forming a chemical precipitate.