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Hydrometeor

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Word	Definition
rainnoun	(meteorology) Condensed water falling from a cloud.
water cyclenoun	The natural cycle of evaporation of water from the oceans etc, and subsequent condensation and precipitation as rain and snow
precipitable waternoun	The amount of water vapour, in a column of air, that is equivalent to the depth of the liquid water that would be obtained if it fell as rain
steamnoun	The hot gaseous form of water, formed when water changes from the liquid phase to the gas phase (at or above its boiling point temperature).
hoar frostnoun	Originally, any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces.
cloudwaternoun	Water obtained directly from clouds or mists rather than rainfall.
condensationnoun	The act or process of condensing or of being condensed
recondensationnoun	The condensation of a vapour following evaporation or distillation.
devaporationnoun	(archaic) condensation (the change of vapour into water, as in the formation of rain).
condensatenoun	(physics) A liquid that is the product of condensation of a gas, i.e. of steam.
photoprecipitationnoun	precipitation caused by light
demisternoun	The part of the ventilation system in a motor car that blows hot, dry air against the inside of the windscreen to prevent or remove condensation.
thermoprecipitationnoun	precipitation upon heating
precipitationnoun	(meteorology) Any or all of the forms of water particles, whether liquid or solid, that fall from the upper atmosphere (e.g., rain, hail, snow or sleet). It is a major class of hydrometeor, but it is distinguished from cloud, fog, dew, rime, frost, etc., in that it must fall. It is distinguished from cloud and virga in that it must reach the ground.
methane rainnoun	Rain, in the form of liquid methane rather than water, that falls on Saturn's moon Titan and creates equivalent geographical features (rivers, lakes etc.) as does normal rain.
water smokenoun	Water evaporating as visible mist.
hydrolatnoun	An aromatic hydrosol, especially one made by steam distillation of a plant extract
water vapornoun	Water in a gaseous state, especially when diffused in the atmosphere.
evapotranspiratornoun	Something that causes the transfer of water from the surface of the earth to the atmosphere by evaporation, sublimation and transpiration
meltwaternoun	Water from melting ice or snow.