Main entry: precipitation, hurriedness, hurry, haste, hastiness
Definition: overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
Usage: he soon regretted his haste
Main entry: precipitation
Definition: an unexpected acceleration or hastening
Usage: he is responsible for the precipitation of his own demise
Main entry: precipitation
Definition: the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height
Main entry: downfall, precipitation
Definition: the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
Main entry: precipitation
Definition: the process of forming a chemical precipitate
Main entry: precipitation
Definition: the quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time
Usage: the storm brought several inches of precipitation