Rain is condensed moisture from the atmosphere that drops on the Earth as water.
(noun)An example of rain is drops of water that fall from the sky.
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noun
Origin: ME rein < OE regn, akin to Ger regen < IE base *re-, var. of *reĝ-, moist, wet > L rigare, to wet, moisten: see irrigate
intransitive verb
transitive verb
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noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old English regn, rēn
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Rain
See also atmosphere; climate; clouds; lightning; snow; thunder; water; weather.
the study of the geographical distribution of rainfall by annual totals. —hyetographic, hyetographical, adj.
hyetology
Rare. the branch of meteorology that studies rainfall. —hyetologist, n. —hyetological, adj.
ombrology
the branch of meteorology that studies rain. —ombrological, n.
ombrophobia
an abnormal fear of rain.
pluviography
the branch of meteorology that automatically measures rainfall and snowfall. —pluviographic, pluviographical, adj.
the branch of meteorology concerned with the measurement of rainfall. —pluviometric, pluviometrical, adj.
pluvioscope
an instrument for measuring rainfall; a rain gauge.
raininess. —pluvious, adj.
udometry
the measurement of rainfall with any of various types of rain gauges. —udometric, adj.
udomograph
a self-registering rain gauge.
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