The energy of the falling raindrop is all dissipated as heat, sound and (most of it) kinetic energy into the ground. From Wordnik.com. [ALTERNATIVE ENERGY: Rain Power | Inhabitat] Reference
The amount of force exerted by a raindrop is a function of the terminal velocity and mass of the raindrop. From Wordnik.com. [Soil erosion and deposition] Reference
Most raindrops are round or doughnut shaped, not "raindrop" shaped. From Wordnik.com. [Arizona Daily Wildcat] Reference
The "raindrop" effects and audacious harmonic progressions reminisce to Chopin and Brahms and look ahead to Ravel and Frank Martin. From Wordnik.com. [Audiophile Audition Headlines] Reference
A single raindrop can make a tremendous difference. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 23, 2006] Reference
In fact, I just felt a little bit of a raindrop here. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 13, 2007] Reference
But into the afternoon, you may have a raindrop or two. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 13, 2009] Reference
I was a part of lamentation, as a raindrop is part of rain. From Wordnik.com. [The Persian Boy]
A huge raindrop fell, ever so slowly, into a cloud of dust. From Wordnik.com. [Raindrops] Reference
So if we can explain a raindrop, why can't we explain a universe?. From Wordnik.com. [Our Spontaneous Universe] Reference
A moment later, Maati heard a faint tick, like a single raindrop. From Wordnik.com. [A Shadow in Summer] Reference
Each raindrop made its own widening eddy, its own pattering sound. From Wordnik.com. ["Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character] Reference
When one raindrop falls away, it is immediately replaced by another. From Wordnik.com. [justinker Diary Entry] Reference
The FOX approach has the intellectual depth of a raindrop on cement. From Wordnik.com. [Do Unto Others as They Do Unto You] Reference
Not a raindrop, not a flurry, and certainly no snow storms to speak of. From Wordnik.com. [Jaunted - The Pop Culture Travel Guide] Reference
As I began stepping down off the catwalk, a raindrop landed on my cheek. From Wordnik.com. [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference
The clouds were darkening, and he thought he felt a raindrop on one cheek. From Wordnik.com. [Hoot]
As one raindrop merged into another, Lottie felt her eyelids growing heavy. From Wordnik.com. [One Night Of Scandal]
GUTIERREZ: In Afghanistan, Rolfe says he felt like a raindrop in the desert. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 21, 2004] Reference
With his arm and hand out the window, trying to catch any raindrop he could. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
First of all, I'm pulling for Nadal, and then when that first raindrop came?. From Wordnik.com. [Rain-Delay Chat with Hoda] Reference
You know it's not really even a raindrop, it's just the wind is blowing so hard. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 5, 2004] Reference
Every raindrop that fell on my head was a humbling souvenir to my tropical future. From Wordnik.com. [The Getting of Ignorance] Reference
"Catch a little raindrop," she said to the little girl as she played near the wigwam. From Wordnik.com. [Fireside Stories for Girls in Their Teens] Reference
A big raindrop spattered on Roskill's cheek, rolling down to the corner of his mouth. From Wordnik.com. [The Alamut Ambush]
Page 199, Volume 2 watery cloud, as others viewed it — but as a magnified raindrop. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
Then something — a pebble, a raindrop — breaks the surface and shatters the mirror. From Wordnik.com. ['Goldengrove'] Reference
And in Great Falls, Montana, take a look at this, an ant drinks from a raindrop on a leaf. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 8, 2006] Reference
And as Longfellow once wrote, “Every dewdrop and raindrop had a whole heaven within it.”. From Wordnik.com. [WHEW! Self-motivated rollercoaster, coming to a halt] Reference
Each little raindrop that falls on my window pane, all they remind, baby, tears I shed in vain. From Wordnik.com. [Big Bill Broonzy Lyrics] Reference
Vegetation not only protects the soil from raindrop impact, but roots help keep soil in place. From Wordnik.com. [5. How plants live and grow] Reference
Right here, it is sunny, there's not a cloud in the sky, and there's not a raindrop coming down. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 18, 2007] Reference
Each little raindrop that falls on my window pane, all they remind, baby, the tears I shed in vain. From Wordnik.com. [Big Bill Broonzy Lyrics] Reference
If the water droplets are dispersed among many seeds, no single nucleus will attract enough to form a raindrop. From Wordnik.com. [Who’ll Stop the Rain?] Reference
But let's dispense with this pecan and say that we believe in the old adage that one raindrop doesn't make a shower. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952] Reference
Another and another raindrop fell, and, obeying their warning, Sara sprang up and bent her steps in the direction of home. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
But, they all have on their right chest, a pin, a pin ever more visible because the candle light glimmers on its silver, raindrop form. From Wordnik.com. [Homecoming] Reference
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