(ice crystals)
1Ice crystals — small crystalline form of ice including hexagonal columns, hexagonal plates, dendritic crystals, and diamond dust.Temperature and water vapor humidity determine crystalline forms. Ice crystals are responsible for various atmospheric optics… …
2ice crystals — A type of precipitation composed of unbranched ice crystals in the form of needles, columns, or plates. These have a light downward motion and may fall from a cloudless sky …
3ice crystals — Meteorol. precipitation consisting of small, slowly falling crystals of ice. Also called ice needles. [1840 50] * * * …
4ice crystals — Meteorol. precipitation consisting of small, slowly falling crystals of ice. Also called ice needles. [1840 50] …
5Ice algae — is a general term used to describe all the various types of algal communities encountered in annual and multi year sea ice. The ice algal communities play an important role in primary production and are therefore considered an important part of… …
6Ice-minus bacteria — is a nickname given to a variant of the common bacterium Pseudomonas syringae ( P. syringae ). This strain of P. syringae lacks the ability to produce a certain surface protein, usually found on wild type ice plus P. syringae . The ice plus… …
7ice plant — n. a succulent Old World plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum) of the carpetweed family, having thick leaves covered with thin, glistening cells that look like ice crystals …
8ice-fog — «YS FOG, FG», noun. a fog of ice crystals formed during extremely low temperatures, especially in the Arctic …
9ice in lakes and rivers — Introduction a sheet or stretch of ice forming on the surface of lakes and rivers when the temperature drops below freezing (0° C [32° F]). The nature of the ice formations may be as simple as a floating layer that gradually thickens, or it …
10Ice — This article is about water ice. For the broader concept of ices as used in the planetary sciences, see volatiles. For other uses, see Ice (disambiguation) …
