Thesaurus:hydrometeor

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hydrometeor

English

Noun

Sense: a product of condensation or precipitation of moisture within the Earth's atmosphere

This entry has been created with the working hypothesis that, say, the whole particular rain is a hydrometeor rather than one droplet of rain being a hydrometeor. If the latter is the case, the semantic relations of hyponymy and meronymy need to be adjusted to (hyponymy→) holonymy and (meronymy→)hyponymy.

Synonyms

• hydrometeor

Hyponyms

• cloud    [⇒ thesaurus]
• fog
• mist
• dew
• rime
• frost
• hoarfrost
• virga
• precipitation
• rain
• drizzle
• freezing rain
• hail
• ice pellets
• snow
• sleet
• graupel

Meronyms

• drop
• droplet
• snowflake

Further reading

• “rain” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
• W:Precipitation (meteorology)
• W:Template:Weather
• W:Precipitation types (meteorology)