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#<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition"><br/>''See'' [[freezing]].</div><br/> </div> | #<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition"><br/>''See'' [[freezing]].</div><br/> </div> | ||
#<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">The condition that exists when, over a widespread area, the [[surface temperature]] of the air remains below [[freezing]] (0°C) for a sufficient time to constitute the characteristic feature of the weather.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">This is a general term, and the time period necessary is usually considered to be two or more days; only the hardiest herbaceous crops survive. It differs from a [[dry freeze]] or [[black frost]], for these terms are usually used to describe purely local freezing due to [[chilling]] of the surface air by rapid [[radiation]] from a restricted portion of the earth. <br/>''Compare'' [[light freeze]], [[hard freeze]], [[killing freeze]].</div><br/> </div> | #<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">The condition that exists when, over a widespread area, the [[surface temperature]] of the air remains below [[freezing]] (0°C) for a sufficient time to constitute the characteristic feature of the weather.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">This is a general term, and the time period necessary is usually considered to be two or more days; only the hardiest herbaceous crops survive. It differs from a [[dry freeze]] or [[black frost]], for these terms are usually used to describe purely local freezing due to [[chilling]] of the surface air by rapid [[radiation]] from a restricted portion of the earth. <br/>''Compare'' [[light freeze]], [[hard freeze]], [[killing freeze|killing freeze]].</div><br/> </div> | ||
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freeze
See freezing.
- The condition that exists when, over a widespread area, the surface temperature of the air remains below freezing (0°C) for a sufficient time to constitute the characteristic feature of the weather.
This is a general term, and the time period necessary is usually considered to be two or more days; only the hardiest herbaceous crops survive. It differs from a dry freeze or black frost, for these terms are usually used to describe purely local freezing due to chilling of the surface air by rapid radiation from a restricted portion of the earth.
Compare light freeze, hard freeze, killing freeze.
