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Definition of Hydrometeor
1. n. A meteor or atmospheric phenomenon dependent upon the vapor of water; -- in the pl., a general term for the whole aqueous phenomena of the atmosphere, as rain, snow, hail, etc.
Definition of Hydrometeor
1. Noun. Rain, snow and other precipitation products of the condensation of atmospheric water vapour ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hydrometeor
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Medical Definition of Hydrometeor
1. A meteor or atmospheric phenomenon dependent upon the vapor of water; in the pl, a general term for the whole aqueous phenomena of the atmosphere, as rain, snow, hail, etc. Origin: Hydro-, 1 + meteor. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydrometeor
Literary usage of Hydrometeor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Proceedings by Leipzig Meteorologen Versammlung (1873)
"In the column " Remarks," it is desirable, in order to indicate the duration or
the epoch of hydrometeor?, &c., to employ symbols which are generally ..."
2. Volcanic Ash and Aviation Safety: Proceedings of the First International edited by T. J. Casadevall (1995)
"One of the major challenges results from the difficulty in distinguishing ash
cloud echoes from hydrometeor and clear-air reflections. ..."
3. A Complete Course of Meteorology by Ludwig Friedrich Kämtz, Léon Louis Chrétien Lalanne, Charles Martins (1845)
"... of which we shall speak presently, or clouds of dust, are concerned in this;
for if the definition •which we gave of this hydrometeor be remembered, ..."
4. Dictionary of Aviation by Robert Morris Pierce (1911)
"... of the earth. hydrometeor ,hai-dra'mii-ti-az n. a meteor or atmosferic fenomenen
dependent upon ..."
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