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precipitation (iou) and Xenon xe 127 (health)


precipitation (iou)



precipitation noun. LME.
[French precipitation or Latin praecipitatio(n-), formed as PRECIPITATE verb: see -ATION.]
I.
The action or an act of throwing down or falling from a height; headlong fall or descent. LME.
Shakespeare Coriolanus We..banish him our city, In peril of precipitation From off the rock Tarpeian.
b. Steepness of descent; precipitousness. rare. E17.
Sudden and hurried action; sudden or inconsiderate haste; rashness. E16.
Dickens The lady having seized it, with great precipitation, they retired. Disraeli We must not act with precipitation.
Headlong rush, violent onward motion. Now rare. E17.
The bringing about of something rapidly, suddenly, or unexpectedly. E17.
F. W. Farrar He attributes to his death the precipitation of the ruin of Jerusalem.
II.
Separation and deposition of a substance as a precipitate; condensation and deposition of moisture from vapour; the process of precipitating a substance. L15.
A precipitated substance, a precipitate; Meteorology water that falls to or condenses on the ground, as rain, snow, dew, etc.; the amount of this. E17.
Scientific American Precipitation coalesces from cloud water.
Comb.: precipitation hardening Metallurgy hardening of an alloy by heat treatment that causes crystals of a solute phase to separate from solid solution.

Xenon xe 127 (health)


Xenon xe 127 is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in Other countries. Active ingredient(s): xenon, xe-127.