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雨

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Also known as rainfall, 🌧,

大気から水の滴が落下する現象

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Rain is a form of precipitation and a facet of weather. It consists of drops and has effects including floods and rainwater. The subject is categorized under the Commons category "Rain" and the topic's main category Category:Rain. Its Unicode characters include ⛆, 🌧, and 🌦.

Rain has uses in hydroelectricity, agriculture, water supply, and laundry. It is described by sources such as the Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus, Gujin Tushu Jicheng, Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, and Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. It appears on the focus lists for Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have and Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4.

In academic contexts, a PubMed query for rain yields a count of 25,773. Additionally, the topic is referenced by 2,356 other encyclopedia articles.

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雨(あめ、英語: rain)とは、大気から水の滴が落下する現象で、降水現象および天気の一種。また、落下する水滴そのもの(雨粒)を指すこともある。大気に含まれる水蒸気が源であり、冷却されて凝結した微小な水滴が雲を形成、雲の中で水滴が成長し、やがて重力により落下してくるもの。ただし、成長の過程で一旦凍結し氷晶を経て再び融解するものもある。地球上の水循環を構成する最大の淡水供給源で、生態系に多岐にわたり関与する他、農業や水力発電などを通して人類の生活にも関与している。

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