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precipitation-generating element

(prə′sip·ə′tā·shən ′jen·ə′rād·iŋ ′el·ə·mənt)

(meteorology) In radar meteorology, a relatively small volume of supercooled cloud droplets in which ice crystals form and grow much more rapidly than in a lower, larger cloud mass.


 
 
 

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