WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

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WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ") , the

condition

CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

of the atmosphere in regard to its temperature, presence or

absence

ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

of wind or

cloud

CLOUD (from the same root, if not the same word, as " clod," a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages for a mass or lump; it is first applied in the usual sense in the late 13th century; the Anglo-Saxon chid is only used in the sense of " a ma

, its dryness or humidity, and all the various meteorological phenomena (see

METEOROLOGY

METEOROLOGY (Gr. JerEwpa, and hb'yos, i.e. the science of things in the air)

). The

term

TERM

" weathering " is used in

geology

GEOLOGY (from Gr. yp7, the earth, and Abyor, science)

of the

gradual

GRADUAL (Med. Lat. gradualis, of or belonging to steps or degrees; gradus, step)

action of the

weather

WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

upon rocks, and is also applied, in

architecture

ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

, to the inclination or slope outwards given to cornices,

string

STRING

courses and window sills, to throw off the rain.

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