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ACID PRECIPITATION

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Dictionary entry overview: What does acid precipitation mean?

• ACID PRECIPITATION (noun)
The noun ACID PRECIPITATION has 1 sense:

1. rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions (especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combine with water

Familiarity information: ACID PRECIPITATION used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ACID PRECIPITATION (noun)

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Meaning:

Rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions (especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combine with water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

acid precipitation; acid rain

Hypernyms ("acid precipitation" is a kind of...):

air pollution (pollution of the atmosphere)

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