2) glaze, in meteorology. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...glaze, in meteorology, in meteorology: see sleet....

3) nimbus, in meteorology. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...nimbus, in meteorology, in meteorology, low, dark, formless cloud covering the entire sky, from which rain or snow is steadily falling. The term is usually applied...

4) precipitation, in meteorology. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...precipitation, in meteorology, in meteorology, condensed moisture that falls to the surface of the earth in the form of rain, sleet, snow, hail, frost, or dew....

5) halo, in meteorology. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...halo, in meteorology, in meteorology, short-lived circles or arcs, and less commonly spikes and crosses, of colored or whitish light surrounding the moon or sun or...

6) meteorology. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...meteorology The study of the weather and climate. 1...

7) meteorology. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...The science that deals with the phenomena of the atmosphere, especially weather and weather conditions. French meteorologie, from Greek meteorologi, discussion of...

8) hail, in meteorology. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...hail, in meteorology, 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...

9) Bjerknes, Vilhelm Frimann Koren. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...fre´man ko´rn byerk´nes) (KEY) , 1862-1951, Norwegian physicist and pioneer in modern meteorology. He worked on applying hydrodynamic and thermodynamic theories to...

10) front. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...front, in meteorology, zone of transition between adjacent air masses. If a cold air mass is advancing to replace a warmer one, their mutual boundary is termed a...