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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">[[Ice]] in the shape of a narrow cone, hanging point downward from a roof, fence, cliffside, etc.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">An icicle is formed when above-freezing water, for example, snowmelt or groundwater, runs or drips into subfreezing air. The water freezes as it drips or runs, forming a narrow cone pointed downward and growing in both length and width, widest at its top. Most icicles are found hanging from the edges of heated, snow-topped roofs, with any water that has not frozen in its downward traverse forming ice on the surfaces below.</div><br/> </div> | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">[[ice|Ice]] in the shape of a narrow cone, hanging point downward from a roof, fence, cliffside, etc.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">An icicle is formed when above-freezing water, for example, snowmelt or groundwater, runs or drips into subfreezing air. The water freezes as it drips or runs, forming a narrow cone pointed downward and growing in both length and width, widest at its top. Most icicles are found hanging from the edges of heated, snow-topped roofs, with any water that has not frozen in its downward traverse forming ice on the surfaces below.</div><br/> </div> | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:12, 25 April 2012
icicle
Ice in the shape of a narrow cone, hanging point downward from a roof, fence, cliffside, etc.
An icicle is formed when above-freezing water, for example, snowmelt or groundwater, runs or drips into subfreezing air. The water freezes as it drips or runs, forming a narrow cone pointed downward and growing in both length and width, widest at its top. Most icicles are found hanging from the edges of heated, snow-topped roofs, with any water that has not frozen in its downward traverse forming ice on the surfaces below.