virga
streaks of water drops or ice particles falling out of a cloud and evaporating before reaching the ground (distinguished from praecipitatio).
Origin of virga
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How to use virga in a sentence
Ego vir videns paupertatem meam in virga indignationis ejus.
The Thoughts of Blaise Pascal | Blaise PascalNow this cone and stem are carried in the Bacchic festivities, and can be readily recognised as virga cum ovo.
Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism | Thomas InmanHence it follows that the quarter of an acre is a rood or yard or virga or virgata of land.
Domesday Book and Beyond | Frederic William MaitlandIn the Exchequer book an abbreviated form is used; but virga appears in i. 216 b.
Domesday Book and Beyond | Frederic William MaitlandThere are of course many instances in the charters of a pertica, virga, gyrd used as a measure of mere length.
Domesday Book and Beyond | Frederic William Maitland
British Dictionary definitions for virga
/ (ˈvɜːɡə) /
(sometimes functioning as plural) meteorol wisps of rain or snow, seen trailing from clouds, that evaporate before reaching the earth
Origin of virga
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Scientific definitions for virga
[ vûr′gə ]
Light wisps of precipitation streaming from a cloud but evaporating before reaching the ground, especially when the air below is low in humidity.
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