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Graupel

//ˈɡɹaʊp(ə)l// noun

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Noun

1
A precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake. uncountable
"Is it desirable in giving the falls of hail to draw a distinction between "graupel" and true hail?"
2
A small ball of rime resulting from this process. countable
"It is established that graupels and hailstones are cone-shaped with rounded apexes and that they become egg-shaped as a result of growth during descent."

Etymology

Borrowed from German Graupel(wetter) (literally “graupel (weather)”). Graupel is a back-formation from graupeln (“to hail (with soft hailstones)”) + -el (diminutive suffix); and graupeln is from Graupe (“hulled grain, pearl barley”) (ultimately from Proto-Slavic *krūpà (“grainy substance; groats; hail”) and Proto-Indo-European *krewp-) + -eln (suffix forming verbs, often with a diminutive or frequentative sense).

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