Aquarids Âbkašiyân Fr.: Aquarides Several → meteor showers that have their
→ radiants in the constellation
→ Aquarius. The main showers are: Aquarids, from → Aquarius constellation + → -ids suffix denoting "descendant of, belonging to the family of." Âbkašiyân, from Âbkaš + -iyân, → -ids. |
arid kamâb (#) Fr.: aride Lacking sufficient water or rainfall. L. aridus, from arere "to be dry, i.e. burnt up"; compare with Gk. azaleos "dry," PIE *as- "to burn, glow". Kamâb, from Mod.P. kam "little, few, deficient, scarce" + âb "water". |
aridity kamâbi (#) Fr.: aridité A measure of the degree to which a climate lacks effective moisture. Aridity, noun from → arid. Kamâbi, noun from amâbi, → arid. |