rainfall
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editrainfall (countable and uncountable, plural rainfalls)
- (meteorology) The amount of rain that falls on a single occasion
- The occurrence of liquid precipitation, the fall of rain.
Derived terms
editTerms derived from rainfall
- effective rainfall
- excess rainfall
- excessive rainfall
- initial rainfall
- inversion of rainfall
- orographic rainfall
- 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
- rate-of-rainfall gauge
- residual rainfall
- Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
Translations
editmeteorology: amount of rain
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meteorology: occasion of raining