Rainfall
['reɪnfɔːl] or ['ren'fɔl]
Definition
(n.) A fall or descent of rain; the water, or amount of water, that falls in rain; as, the average annual rainfall of a region.
Typist: Willard
Examples
- Here he deals, among other things, with rainfall, the formation of clouds, evaporation, and the distribution and character of atmos pheric moisture. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- In this region, where the annual rainfall exceeds forty inches, and in some localities is almost tropical, the young student's atte ntion was early drawn to meteorology. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- From the reports of wind storms, excessive rainfall, hot waves, clearing weather, etc. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
Inputed by Bertha