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Precipitation may refer to:

• Precipitation (meteorology), rain, sleet, hail, snow and other forms of water falling from the sky
• Precipitation (chemistry), the condensation of a solid from a solution during a chemical reaction
• Precipitation (horse), a Thoroughbred racehorse

• Acid precipitation, a type of characterization of high acidity.
• Ammonium sulfate precipitation, a method of purifying proteins
• Ethanol precipitation, a method of concentrating DNA
• Precipitation hardening, a method used to strengthen malleable materials
• Protein precipitation, a method of separating contaminants from biological products.
• Basic precipitation, a type of precipitation characterized by high alkalinity.

[edit] See also

• Coprecipitation
• Quantitative precipitation forecast

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