snow crystal
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of snow crystal
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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Graupel, also known as snow pellets or soft hail, forms when water droplets freeze onto a snow crystal, according to the National Weather Service.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2024
If the riming is particularly intense, the rimed snow crystal can grow to an appreciable size, but remain less than 0.2 inches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2023
Powdery snow, the kind you can clear with a leaf blower, forms when critically thick air layers aloft are saturated enough and cold enough for highly efficient snow crystal growth.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 29, 2021
A single snow crystal can grow to a third of a centimeter.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 18, 2019
A snow atom is not a unity, but a snow crystal is.
From Love to the Uttermost Expositions of John XIII.-XXI. by F. B. (Frederick Brotherton) Meyer
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