rainfall
nounEtymology From rain + fall.
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Climatology, Meteorology, Natural sciences The amount of rain that falls on a single occasion
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The occurrence of liquid precipitation, the fall of rain.
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effective rainfall, excessive rainfall, excess rainfall, initial rainfall, inversion of rainfall, orographic rainfall, palaeorainfall, paleorainfall, point rainfall, rainfall component, rainfall distribution, rainfall duration, rainfall effectiveness, rainfall excess, rainfall frequency, rainfall intensity, rainfall intensity area curve, rainfall intensity-duration curve, rainfall intensity-duration-frequency curve, rainfall intensity frequency, rainfall intensity pattern, rainfall intensity return period, rainfall loss, rainfall rate, rainfall regime, rainfall station, rainfallwise, rate-of-rainfall gauge, residual rainfall, Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission