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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
Sense 1
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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