virga

[ vur-guh ]

/ ˈvɜr gə /

noun (used with a singular or plural verb)Meteorology.

streaks of water drops or ice particles falling out of a cloud and evaporating before reaching the ground (distinguished from praecipitatio).

Origin of virga

1935–40; <Latin: rod, streak

Words nearby virga

vireo, vires, virescence, virescent, Virg., virga, virgate, Virgil, Virgilian, virgin, virginal

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Example sentences from the Web for virga

In the Exchequer book an abbreviated form is used; but virga appears in i. 216 b.
Domesday Book and Beyond|Frederic William Maitland
In the middle ages the general literary term throughout Europe was coles (or colis) from caulis, a stalk, and virga, a rod.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 (of 6)|Havelock Ellis
A power less poetical but not less fabulous then the story of the Virga Fatalis that conducted neas to the Shades.
A Guide to the Mount's Bay and the Land's End|John Ayrton Paris
Ego vir videns paupertatem meam in virga indignationis ejus.
The Thoughts of Blaise Pascal|Blaise Pascal

Hence it follows that the quarter of an acre is a rood or yard or virga or virgata of land.
Domesday Book and Beyond|Frederic William Maitland

British Dictionary definitions for virga

virga

/ (ˈvɜːɡə) /

noun

(sometimes functioning as plural) meteorol wisps of rain or snow, seen trailing from clouds, that evaporate before reaching the earth

Word Origin for virga

C20: from Latin: streak

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for virga

virga

[ vûr′gə ]

Light wisps of precipitation streaming from a cloud but evaporating before reaching the ground, especially when the air below is low in humidity.

单词	virga
释义	virga [ vur-guh ] / ˈvɜr gə / noun (used with a singular or plural verb)Meteorology. streaks of water drops or ice particles falling out of a cloud and evaporating before reaching the ground (distinguished from praecipitatio). Origin of virga 1935–40; <Latin: rod, streak Words nearby virga vireo, vires, virescence, virescent, Virg., virga, virgate, Virgil, Virgilian, virgin, virginal Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for virga In the Exchequer book an abbreviated form is used; but virga appears in i. 216 b. Domesday Book and Beyond\|Frederic William Maitland In the middle ages the general literary term throughout Europe was coles (or colis) from caulis, a stalk, and virga, a rod. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 (of 6)\|Havelock Ellis A power less poetical but not less fabulous then the story of the Virga Fatalis that conducted neas to the Shades. A Guide to the Mount's Bay and the Land's End\|John Ayrton Paris Ego vir videns paupertatem meam in virga indignationis ejus. The Thoughts of Blaise Pascal\|Blaise Pascal Hence it follows that the quarter of an acre is a rood or yard or virga or virgata of land. Domesday Book and Beyond\|Frederic William Maitland British Dictionary definitions for virga virga / (ˈvɜːɡə) / noun (sometimes functioning as plural) meteorol wisps of rain or snow, seen trailing from clouds, that evaporate before reaching the earth Word Origin for virga C20: from Latin: streak Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for virga virga [ vûr′gə ] Light wisps of precipitation streaming from a cloud but evaporating before reaching the ground, especially when the air below is low in humidity. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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