rainfall

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A shower or fall of rain.

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The quantity of water, expressed in inches, precipitated as rain, snow, hail, or sleet in a specified area and time interval.

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A falling of rain; a shower.

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The precipitation of water from clouds; the water, or the amount of water, coming down as rain. The rainfall is measured by means of the pluviometer or rain-gage. The average rainfall of a district includes the snow, if any, reduced to its equivalent in water.

noun

A fall or descent of rain; the water, or amount of water, that falls in rain.

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the amount of rain that falls on a single occasion

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water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere