acid rain
acid rain noun: rain which is unusually acidic (pH of less than the natural range of 5 to 6); caused mainly by atmospheric pollution with sulphur dioxide, carbon dioxide and nitrogen compounds.
Noun
acid rain (countable and uncountable, plural acid rains)
- Rain which is unusually acidic (pH of less than the natural range of 5 to 6); caused mainly by atmospheric pollution with sulphur dioxide, carbon dioxide and nitrogen compounds.
- Acid rain forms when water in the atmosphere condenses on particles containing acid-forming pollutants, such as sulfate produced by the burning of fossil fuels and nitrogen oxides from automobile exhausts.1987 January 20, “Airborne Pollutants”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
acid rain meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam
acid rain in Hindi
- unusually acidic rain
- अम्लीय वर्षा amlīya varṣā
acid rain in Tamil
- அமில மழை
acid rain in Telugu
- unusually acidic rain
- ఆమ్ల వర్షం āmla varṣaṁ
acid rain in Malayalam
- unusually acidic rain
- അമ്ലമഴ amlamaḻa
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- acid rain in Kannada
- ಆಮ್ಲ ಮಳೆ, ಆಮ್ಲವೃಷ್ಟಿ
- acid rain in Arabic
- مَطَر حَمْضِيّ maṭar ḥamḍiyy
- acid rain in Malay
- hujan asid
- acid rain in Indonesian
- hujan asam
- acid rain in Persian
- باران اسیدی bârân-e asidi
- acid rain in Thai
- ฝนกรด fŏn gròt
- acid rain in Vietnamese
- mưa axit
Forms of acid rain
| plural | acid rains |
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Origin of acid rain
Coined in 1872 by Scottish chemist Robert Angus Smith.
Questions about acid rain
- What does acid rain mean?
- Acid rain means rain which is unusually acidic (pH of less than the natural range of 5 to 6); caused mainly by atmospheric pollution with sulphur dioxide, carbon dioxide and nitrogen compounds.
- What is acid rain in Hindi?
- Acid rain in Hindi is अम्लीय वर्षा (amlīya varṣā). See Acid rain meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is acid rain?
- Acid rain is a noun.
- What is the plural of acid rain?
- The plural of acid rain is acid rains.
Words near acid rain in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: acid rain (page history and authors); acid rain (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); acid rain (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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