Concept information
Preferred term
precipitation
Definition
- Precipitation refers both to the process by which particles fall from clouds to the earth below, and to those particles themselves. Owing to various chemical and physical actions, cloud droplets that would otherwise remain in the atmosphere can aggregate around an ice or liquid core until they achieve a mass that causes them to fall from the sky. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environment and Society; Precipitation]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/precipitation
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