What's the difference between precipitation and rainfall?

Precipitation


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of precipitating, or the state of being precipitated, or thrown headlong.
  • (n.) A falling, flowing, or rushing downward with violence and rapidity.
  • (n.) Great hurry; rash, tumultuous haste; impetuosity.
  • (n.) The act or process of precipitating from a solution.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The nuclear origin of the Ha antigen was confirmed by the speckled nuclear immunofluorescence staining pattern given by purified antibody to Ha obtained from a specific immune precipitate.
  • (2) The Fc fragment of this protein reacted with and was solubilized by the staphylococcal A protein which also precipitated the intact immunoglobulin.
  • (3) It could be demonstrated by radioimmune precipitation of virus labeled with[35S]methionine that all three polypeptides are specific for hog cholera virions.
  • (4) Nine of the in vivo synthesized early polypeptides can be precipitated specifically from infected cell extracts by antisera with specificity against early adenovirus proteins.
  • (5) Its pathogenesis, still incompletely elucidated, involves the precipitation of immune complexes in the walls of the all vessels.
  • (6) The usefulness of the proposed method is obvious in cases where the composition of a precipitate on LM scale is to be compared with the LM appearance of the surrounding tissue.
  • (7) After precipitation of plasma proteins by addition of methanol the samples are injected directly into the liquid chromatographic system.
  • (8) Thus Sephadex chromatography of the solution obtained by dissolving the antigen-antibody precipitate in these media repeatedly gave two peaks corresponding to anti-ovalbumin and ovalbumin.
  • (9) When AMT administration was discontinued 40 hrs before precipitation of withdrawal the withdrawal pattern occurred with unchanged intensity.
  • (10) Using a simple precipitation technique we observed that the serum concentrations of low density lipoproteins in healthy Africans were less than half the serum concentrations in healthy Europeans.
  • (11) There was no correlation between anti-TNP-precipitating antibody titer after sensitization and the ability to respond to challenge by hapten-heterologous carrier.
  • (12) Precipitating antibodies were found in both lines; they first appeared 7 days after inoculation in P-line birds and 14 days after inoculation in N-line birds, but thereafter there was no difference between the two genetic lines.
  • (13) The new technique, Surface Immune Precipitation (SIP), entails the application of an antigen sample droplet directly onto the surface of a gel containing antibody, the gel being supported by a reflecting substrate.
  • (14) In this study we have compared purified C4A and C4B with regard to their ability to prevent immune complex precipitation and to enhance the binding of both preformed and nascent immune complexes to the receptor CR1 on red cells.
  • (15) A lesser inhibitory effect (a decrease in the rate of precipitation) was observed when gallbladder bile was diluted but was lost after 10-fold dilution.
  • (16) The first step is the preparation of a globulin-enriched fraction by precipitation with ammonium sulfate at 50% saturation, or of an immune-complex-enriched fraction by precipitation with 5% polyethylene glycol 6000.
  • (17) DNase I microspheres were then introduced into the extracorporeal circuit which resulted in an acceleration of degradation of acid precipitable 125I-nDNA.
  • (18) The dramatic nationwide increase of primary and secondary syphilis in women has precipitated a dramatic rise in congenital syphilis.
  • (19) The translation of mRNA for S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase was studied using a polyamine-depleted reticulocyte lysate supplemented with mRNA from rat prostate and the antiserum to precipitate the proteins corresponding to S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase.
  • (20) Only heart rate correlated closely with the precipitation of angina.

Rainfall


Definition:

  • (n.) A fall or descent of rain; the water, or amount of water, that falls in rain; as, the average annual rainfall of a region.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) With fields and fells already saturated after more than four times the average monthly rainfall falling within the first three weeks of December, there was nowhere left to absorb the rainfall which has cascaded from fields into streams and rivers.
  • (2) Two long-term tillage studies on fine-textured, clay loam soils were sampled in July and November 1977 following 2 years of limited rainfall.
  • (3) An increase in mortality rate was not predicted for winter, mainly because of low rainfall, and none occurred.
  • (4) "Groundwater levels in parts of our region are lower than they were during the 1976 drought, following below average rainfall for 18 of the last 23 months.
  • (5) Rainfall over 3+ inches will follow this wind line.
  • (6) Its radar will penetrate thick cloud to warn of catastrophic rainfall.
  • (7) Widespread, frequent, and persistent rainfall has been a feature of these epizootic periods.
  • (8) Hurricane-associated storm intensity and rainfall rates are projected to increase as the climate continues to warm."
  • (9) Amphibolurus (= Ctenophorus) nuchalis breeds regularly in spring (September-October in the southern hemisphere) in the southern parts of its range, following reliable winter rainfall which stimulates insect abundance sufficient to sustain their reproductive effort.
  • (10) A spokesman for the Met Office said: "We have had such heavy and persistent rainfall over the last few days and weeks and that there is a danger of landslides and rockfall along the coast, even on coastal paths.
  • (11) 11.12am BST Here's my colleague Angela Monaghan 's news story on the manufacturing data: Heavy rainfall failed to dampen Britain's manufacturing sector in February with output growing much more strongly than expected, boosting the outlook for the wider economy.
  • (12) He added the rainfall could turn to snow in parts of Scotland.
  • (13) Atmospheric residence times for PCB and DDT of 40 to 50 days, calculated from the concentrations in the air and water, are 20 times shorter than values previously estimated for DDT from rainfall and DDT production data.
  • (14) Parts of the state were finally beginning to rebuild on Sunday after weeks of rain and flooding that have made Texas a place of extremes: severe drought conditions earlier in the year that have given way to unprecedented rainfall in some areas.
  • (15) Simple regression analysis of Yi with the comparative meteorological value (Xi) was determined from mean temperatures (Ti, j-1), rainfalls (Ri, j-1) for 10-day-periods each, and the number of days showing 25 degrees C or above (ti, j-1) from June to September, which yielded a correlation coefficient of 0.8147 (p less than 0.05) and an equation for estimated HI antibody positivity rate: Yi = -0.04Xi+79.9 (p less than 0.05).
  • (16) Residue levels of these surface-applied, nonsystemic fungicides were inconsistent with amounts and dates of application, most likely because of variations in weather conditions, especially rainfall.
  • (17) However, low-grade transmission of Plasmodium falciparum continues, with periodic focal outbreaks after abnormally high rainfall.
  • (18) Cars, trains, roads, and buildings, flood barriers, drains, underground systems, reservoirs, power stations, ports and all are designed for existing temperatures, sea levels and rainfall, and may be overwhelmed in future .
  • (19) In most parts … the intensity of rainfall is increasing.
  • (20) That could mean big shifts in rainfall patterns and a more unpredictable climate.