rain-producing cloud

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• Cloud seeding — can be done by ground generators, plane, or rocket (not shown). Cloud seeding, a form of intentional weather modification, is the attempt to change the amount or type of precipitation that falls from clouds, by dispersing substances into the air… …   Wikipedia

• cloud — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. haze (see cloudiness, obscurity); flight (see assemblage). II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Fog at a distance from the earth] Syn. haze, mist, rack, fogginess, haziness, film, puff, billow, frost, nebula,… …   English dictionary for students

• rain|mak|ing — «RAYN MAY kihng», noun, adjective. –n. the producing of rain by artificial or supernatural means. One method is to scatter crystals of silver iodide or dry ice into a cloud from an airplane. –adj. producing or attempting to produce rain:… …   Useful english dictionary

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• List of cloud types — Clouds are formed in Earth s atmosphere when water evaporates into vapor from oceans, lakes, and ponds or by evapotranspiration over moist areas of Earth s land surface. The vapor rises up into colder areas of the atmosphere due to convective,… …   Wikipedia

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• Acid rain — is rain or any other form of precipitation that is unusually acidic. It has harmful effects on plants, aquatic animals, and infastructure. Acid rain is mostly caused by human emissions of sulfur and nitrogen compounds which react in the… …   Wikipedia

• Freezing rain — is a type of precipitation that begins as snow at higher altitude, falling from a cloud towards earth, melts completely on its way down while passing through a layer of air above freezing temperature, and then encounters a layer below freezing at …   Wikipedia

• nimbus — [nim′bəs] n. pl. nimbi [nim′bī΄] or nimbuses [L, violent rain, black rain cloud < IE base * nebh , moist, cloud > L nebula] 1. Myth. a bright cloud surrounding gods or goddesses appearing on earth 2. an aura of splendor about any person or… …   English World dictionary

• climate — /kluy mit/, n. 1. the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years. 2. a region or… …   Universalium