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• RAIN (O.E. regn; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Regen, Swed. and Dan. regn; it has been connected with Lat. rigare, to wet, Gr. 13pixeav)

RAIN (O.E. regn; the word is See also:

• COMMON

common to See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, cf. Ger. Regen, Swed. and See also:

• DAN

Dan. regn; it has been connected with See also:

• LAT

Lat. rigare, to wet, Gr. 13pixeav)  , the See also:

• WATER

water vapour of the See also:

• ATMOSPHERE (Gr. fir µ6r, vapour; orkaipa, a sphere)

atmosphere when condensed into drops large enough to be precipitated upon the See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth . Hence the See also:

• TERM

term is extended to signify the fall of such drops in a shower, and in the plural, " the rains," it signifies the See also:

• RAINY, ROBERT (1826-1906)

rainy seasons in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India and elsewhere where under normal See also:

• CLIMATIC

climatic conditions such seasons are clearly distinguished from the dry . A See also:

• RAIN (O.E. regn; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Regen, Swed. and Dan. regn; it has been connected with Lat. rigare, to wet, Gr. 13pixeav)

rain-See also:

• BAND

band is " a dark band in the See also:

• SOLAR, SOLLER (Lat. solarium, Fr.• galetas, Ital. solaio)

solar spectrum, caused by the presence of water-vapour in the atmosphere " (New Engl . See also:

• DIET

Diet.) ; a rain-See also:

• GAUGE, or GAGE (Med. Lat. gauja, jaugia, Fr. jauge, perhaps connected with Fr. jale, a bowl, galon, gallon)

gauge is an See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument used to measure the amount of rainfall (see See also:

• METEOROLOGY (Gr. JerEwpa, and hb'yos, i.e. the science of things in the air)

METEOROLOGY, where the whole subject of precipitation is fully treated) .