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  2. Eskimo words for snow - Wikipedia

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    Three distinct word roots with the meaning snow are reconstructed for the Proto-Eskimoan language: *qaniɣ 'falling snow', [18] *aniɣu 'fallen snow', [19] and *apun 'snow on the ground'. [20] These three stems are found in all Inuit languages and dialects—except for West Greenlandic, the main dialect of the Greenlandic language, which lacks ...

  3. Talk:Eskimo words for snow/Archive 1 - Wikipedia

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    I've heard skiers use the term "bombproof" to describe snow with a hard crust. There's lots of others. A "dusting" is the snow equivalent of sprinkling, etc. So ultimately, I think the article "debunking" is misguided and overly pedantic. Eskimo's could easily have 100 phrases for snow, because here in Flagstaff we have lots of terms/phases for ...

  4. Snow - Wikipedia

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    Snow can be compacted to form a snow road and be part of a winter road route for vehicles to access isolated communities or construction projects during the winter. [78] Snow can also be used to provide the supporting structure and surface for a runway, as with the Phoenix Airfield in Antarctica. The snow-compacted runway is designed to ...

  5. Classifications of snow - Wikipedia

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    Snow accumulation on ground and in tree branches in Germany Snow blowing across a highway in Canada Spring snow on a mountain in France. Classifications of snow describe and categorize the attributes of snow-generating weather events, including the individual crystals both in the air and on the ground, and the deposited snow pack as it changes over time.

  6. Glossary of meteorology - Wikipedia

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    Also actiniform. Describing a collection of low-lying, radially structured clouds with distinct shapes (resembling leaves or wheels in satellite imagery), and typically organized in extensive mesoscale fields over marine environments. They are closely related to and sometimes considered a variant of stratocumulus clouds. actinometer A scientific instrument used to measure the heating power of ...

  7. 7 Simple Phrases to Describe Disappointment Even When It ...

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    7 Phrases to Describe Disappointment, According to a Psychologist 1. "Wow, that was not at all what I had expected." ... Lake-effect snow blankets the Great Lakes as Thanksgiving travelers head ...

  8. 50 Words for Snow - Wikipedia

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    50 Words for Snow is the ninth studio album by English singer-songwriter Kate Bush, released on 21 November 2011. It was the second album released on her own label, Fish People, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] and Bush's first all-new material since Aerial (2005).

  9. List of idioms of improbability - Wikipedia

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    Hindi - The common phrases are (1) सूरज पश्चिम से उगा है ("sun has risen from the west") and (2) बिन मौसम की बरसात ("when it rains when it's not the season to rain"). The second one is also used to denote something unexpected/untimely as much as improbable.