VIRGA

Meaning of VIRGA in English

[ 'və:gə ]

■ noun ( plural ~e 'və:gi: ) Meteorology a mass of streaks of rain appearing to hang under a cloud and evaporating before reaching the ground.

Origin

1940s: from L., lit. 'rod, stripe'.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

VIRGA — n 1. rod (= straight, slender stick); 2. [Naut.] yard
Interlingua English vocab
VIRGA — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, branch, rod, streak in the sky suggesting rain Date: 1938 wisps of precipitation evaporating …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
VIRGA — ˈvərgə noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, branch, rod, streak in the sky suggesting rain : trailing …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VIRGA — /verr"geuh/ , n. ( used with a sing. or pl. v. ) Meteorol. streaks of water drops or ice particles …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
VIRGA — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, branch, rod, streak in the sky suggesting rain Date: 1938 : wisps of precipitation …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VIRGA — [vir.ga] n [NL, fr. L, branch, rod, streak in the sky suggesting rain] (1938): wisps of precipitation evaporating before reaching …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
VIRGA — Streaks or wisps of precipitation, such as water or ice particles, that fall from clouds but evaporate before reaching the …
Weather and Meteorology English vocabulary
VIRGA — Streaks or wisps of precipitation falling from a cloud but evaporating before reaching the ground. In certain cases, shafts of …
A Comprehensive English Glossary Of Weather
VIRGA — энт. хлыст (в мужских копулятивных придатках)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
VIRGA — энт. хлыст ( в мужских копулятивных придатках )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
VIRGA — n. Pronunciation: ' v ə r-g ə Function: noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, branch, rod, streak in the sky …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
VIRGULE — noun Etymology: French, from Latin virgula small stripe, obelus, from diminutive of virga rod Date: 1837 slash 4
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
VIRGATE — I. noun Etymology: Medieval Latin virgata, from virga, a land measure, from Latin, rod Date: 1655 an old English unit …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
VERGE — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, rod, measuring rod, margin, from Anglo-French, rod, area of jurisdiction, from Latin virga twig, rod, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WHISK — I. ˈhwisk also ˈwi- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English wisk, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VIRGIN — I. ˈvərjə̇n, ˈvə̄j-, ˈvəij- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French virgine, from Latin virgin-, virgo young …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VIRGATE — I. ˈvər]gə̇t, ˈvə̄], ˈvəi], ]ˌgāt, usu -d.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Medieval Latin virgata, from virga, a land measure, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VERGE — I. ˈvərj, ˈvə̄j, ˈveij noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin virga twig, rod, streak, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VIRGULE — ˈvərˌgyül, ˈvə̄ˌ-, ˈvəiˌ- noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, from Latin virgula small rod, small stripe, obelus, diminutive of virga …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VIRGATION — ˌvərˈgāshən noun ( -s ) Etymology: Latin virga branch + English -ation : a branching arrangement of fault lines
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GOLDEN-ROD — (n.) A tall herb (Solidago Virga-aurea), bearing yellow flowers in a graceful elongated cluster. The name is common to all …
Английский словарь Webster
GOLDEN-ROD — ( n. ) A tall herb (Solidago Virga-aurea), bearing yellow flowers in a graceful elongated cluster. The name is common …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
VIRGULATE — /verr"gyeuh lit, -layt'/ , adj. rod-shaped; virgate. [ 1830-40; virgul ( a ) rod (see VIRGA, -ULE) + -ATE 1 …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
VIRGATE — virgate 1 /verr"git, -gayt/ , adj. shaped like a rod or wand; long, slender, and straight. [ 1815-25; virgatus; see …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
VERGE
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PRAECIPITATIO — /pree sip'i tay"shee oh'/ , n. Meteorol. precipitation from a cloud that reaches the surface of the earth (distinguished from …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
VIRGATE — I. ˈvər-ˌgāt noun Etymology: Medieval Latin virgata, from virga, a land measure, from Latin, rod Date: 1655 : an old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VERGE — ~ 1 ■ noun 1》 an edge or border. ↘ Brit. a grass edging by the side of a road …
Concise Oxford English vocab
VIRGATE — [vir.gate] n [ML virgata, fr. virga, a land measure, fr. L, rod] (1655): an old English unit of land area …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
VIRGATE — 1. adj. Bot. & Zool. slim, straight, and erect. Etymology: L virgatus f. virga rod 2. n. Brit. hist. a …
Oxford English vocab
DRY MICROBURST — A microburst with little or no precipitation reaching the ground; most common in semi-arid regions. They may or may not …
Weather and Meteorology English vocabulary
DRY MICROBURST — A microburst with little or no precipitation reaching the ground; most common in semi-arid regions. They may or may not …
A Comprehensive English Glossary Of Weather

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