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(Encyclopedia)CE5 Snow occurs in many different forms. Among the various recognized classes of forms are (A) needles; (B) columns and groups of columns; (C) plates; (D) branched, or dendritic, plates; (E) combin...hail, in meteorology
(Encyclopedia)hail, precipitation in the form of pellets composed of ice or of ice and snow, occurring at any time of the year, usually during the passage of a cold front or during a thunderstorm. Small hailstones ...nimbus, in meteorology
(Encyclopedia)nimbus, in meteorology, low, dark, formless cloud covering the entire sky, from which rain or snow is steadily falling. The term is usually applied to any cloud from which rain descends. Modifications...cumulonimbus
(Encyclopedia)cumulonimbus: see cloud.cumulus
(Encyclopedia)cumulus: see cloud.altocumulus
(Encyclopedia)altocumulus: see cloud.altostratus
(Encyclopedia)altostratus: see cloud.nimbostratus
(Encyclopedia)nimbostratus: see cloud.stratocumulus
(Encyclopedia)stratocumulus: see cloud.stratus
(Encyclopedia)stratus: see cloud.Browse by Subject
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