HyperDic: acid_precipitation

English > 1 sense of the expression acid precipitation:
NOUNstateacid precipitation, acid rainrain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions (especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combine with water
English > acid precipitation: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaningrain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions (especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combine with water.
Synonymacid rain
Broaderair pollutionpollution of the atmosphere
Spanishlluvia ácida
Catalanpluja àcida

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