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Sigma KEE - Precipitation
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Precipitation
Precipitation is the process of water molecules falling from the air to the ground, in either a liquid or frozen state.
Relationships      
Parents Falling Falling is the class of events in which something moves from a higher location to a lower location under the force of gravity.
  WaterMotion Any LiquidMotion where the Liquid is Water.
  WeatherProcess WeatherProcess is the broadest class of processes that involve weather, including weather seasons (not to be confused with instances of SeasonOfYear), weather systems, and short-term weather events.
Children FreezingRainFreezingRain occurs when Raindrops go through the Process of Supercooling at a few hundred Meters above a GeographicArea, then undergo &freezing on contact with Objects on the ground to become Solid.
 HailingHailing is a form of Precipitation Process in which Water falls in a Solid state.
 RainingRaining is a Precipitation Process in which Water falls in a Liquid state. The size of an raindrop is between 0.1-9 Millimeter in approximateDiameter.
 SleetingSleeting is a form of Precipitation composed of Rain and partly melted Snow.
 SnowingSnowing is a Precipitation Process in which Water falls in a Solid state, as MonoCrystalline Ice.


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