Re: 'together vs. to gather'

Costentin Cornomorus scripsit:

> Though it's a different phenomenon, is that word
> also used for the chemical "precipitate" (e.g., a
> solid precipitating out of solution)?
I think that that would be plausible as long as the solid precipitated
out in a more or less powder form: there is a separate word for the
falling of distinguishable objects.  Snow rains, but coconuts fall.

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