precipitation

noun

1. 1

   overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)

   he soon regretted his haste

2. 2

   an unexpected acceleration or hastening

   he is responsible for the precipitation of his own demise

3. 3

   the act of casting down or falling headlong from a height

4. 4

   the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)

5. 5

   the process of forming a chemical precipitate

6. 6

   the quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time

   the storm brought several inches of precipitation