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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Sleet
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(either from Nor. sletta, of the same meaning, or related to Ger. Schlosse, hailstone), that form of precipitation of water vapour condensed from the atmosphere, which reaches the ground in a partly frozen condition. Sleet may originate in the upper atmosphere either as rain, in which case, to become partly frozen, it must have fallen into a stratum of air colder than that in which it originated, or as snow, when the opposite must have taken place, i.e. the snow in its descent must have encountered an air-temperature slightly above the freezing-point.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Sleet'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/s/sleet.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Sleet'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/s/sleet.html. 1910.
