snow crystal

collocation in English

meaningsofsnowandcrystal

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snow
noun
uk
/snəʊ/us
/snoʊ/
the small, soft, white pieces of ice that sometimes fall from the sky when it is cold, or the white layer on the ground and other surfaces that ...
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crystal
noun
uk
/ˈkrɪs.təl/us
/ˈkrɪs.təl/
transparent glass of very high quality, usually with its surface cut into ...
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(Definition ofsnowandcrystalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsnow crystal

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Because of the thaw-refreeze cycle,snowcrystalshapes change over time, producing crystal shapes somewhat akin to wet granular, but larger.
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Contact between thesnowcrystaland the supercooled droplets results in freezing of the liquid droplets onto the surface of the crystals.
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When this process continues so that the shape of the originalsnowcrystalis no longer identifiable, the resulting crystal is referred to as graupel.
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The snowflake occurs in modern heraldry, sometimes blazoned as asnowcrystalor ice crystal.
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Contact between asnowcrystaland the supercooled droplets results in freezing of the liquid droplets onto the surface of the crystal.
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In contrast to the glycocalyx, snow crystals have little or no rebound.
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Cloud temperatures and physical processes in the cloud affect the shape of individual snow crystals.
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They begin as snow crystals which develop when microscopic supercooled cloud droplets freeze.
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Large, angular snow crystals are indicators of weak snow, because such crystals have fewer bonds per unit volume than small, rounded crystals that pack tightly together.
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A separate nozzle or small group of nozzles is fed with a mix of water and compressed air and produces the nucleation points for the snow crystals.
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Bentley poetically described snowflakes as tiny miracles of beauty and snow crystals as ice flowers.
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Nakaya continued his research into snow crystals and elucidated how their various patterns are produced in nature.
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