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Definition of Rainfalls
1. rainfall [n] - See also: rainfall
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rainfalls
Literary usage of Rainfalls
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sewage Disposal in the United States by George W. Rafter, Moses Nelson Baker (1893)
"25 and 26, show the actual length of time of a number of heavy rainfalls at two
places in the Southwest, where very heavy rainfalls are common. TAHLE No. ..."
2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1875)
"The seasons' rainfalls. On its brink The over-leaning harebells swing, With roots
half bare the pine-trees cling ; And, through the shadow' v ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1873)
"Mr. Chase offered some additional evidence of the contrast between European and
American rainfalls; and communicated some American peculiarities in the ..."
4. The Aerial World: A Popular Account of the Phenomena and Life of the Atmosphere by Georg Hartwig (1875)
"... Tropical Dry and Rainy Seasons—Rains of the Monsoons—Sub-tropical Rains—The
Highest Annual Rainfalls—Mountains act as Condensators— Countries Remarkable ..."
5. American Sewerage Practice by Leonard. Metcalf, Harrison Prescott Eddy (1914)
"... occurrence at Boston in any year of rainfalls of at least the given intensity
for at least the stated time. ..."
6. Elementary Meteorology by William Morris Davis (1894)
"A review of the preceding paragraphs may be made in the table on the preceding
page, in which several characteristic rainfalls of the sub-tropical belt and ..."
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