air-mass precipitation
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air-mass precipitation
(′er ′mas pri′sip·ə′tā·shən)
(meteorology) Any precipitation that can be attributed only to moisture and temperature distribution within an air mass when that air mass is not, at that location, being influenced by a front or by orographic lifting.
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