rain

liquid water in the form of droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then precipitated
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rain

Summary

rain is a type of meteorological phenomenon[1]. rain has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • rain's instance of is recorded as type of meteorological phenomenon[3].
  • rain is a type of precipitation[4].
  • rain is used for hydroelectricity[5].
  • rain is used for agriculture[6].
  • rain is used for water supply[7].
  • rain is used for construction[8].
  • rain is used for laundry[9].
  • rain's Commons category is recorded as Rain[10].
  • rain's Unicode character is recorded as ⛆[11].
  • rain's Unicode character is recorded as 🌧[12].
  • rain's Unicode character is recorded as 🌦[13].
  • rain comprises drop[14].
  • rain comprises raindrop[15].
  • rain's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rain[16].
  • rain's Commons gallery is recorded as Rain[17].
  • rain's facet of is recorded as weather[18].
  • rain's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[19].
  • rain's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[20].
  • rain's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[21].
  • rain's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22].
  • rain's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23].
  • rain's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[24].
  • rain's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[25].
  • rain's described by source is recorded as Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart[26].
  • rain's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[27].

Body

Definition and Type

rain's instance of is recorded as type of meteorological phenomenon[3]. rain is a type of precipitation[4].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include hydroelectricity[5], agriculture[6], water supply[7], construction[8], and laundry[9]. Components include drop[14], an unit of volume[28] and raindrop[15].

Influence

Things named for rain include Águas de Março[29], a musical work/composition[30]; Queen of Rain[31], a musical work/composition[32]; Automated Meteorological Data Acquisition System[33], a network[34], in Japan[35]; Mare Imbrium[36], a lunar mare[37]; Rain Queen[38], a position[39]; Botswana pula[40], a currency[41], in Botswana[42]; and Pluviôse[43], a calendar month[44], in France[45].

Why It Matters

rain has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] rain is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

Entities named for rain include Águas de Março[29], a musical work/composition[30]; Queen of Rain[31], a musical work/composition[32]; Automated Meteorological Data Acquisition System[33], a network[34], in Japan[35]; Mare Imbrium[36], a lunar mare[37]; Rain Queen[38], a position[39]; and Botswana pula[40], a currency[41], in Botswana[42].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . youtube.com. youtube.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [29] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [36] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [38] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [40] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [43] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [46] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 116tAz
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 22d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag rain-and-rainfall
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: rain-and-rainfall, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289953410|rain and rainfall (#289953410)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Har"
  3. 29d ago · EPorto (WMB) · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||pt-br */ adding labels and P5008 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/3eae643683c|details]])"
  4. 4w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id h0006092-destove-srazky
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0006092-destove-srazky, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  5. 10w ago · Nat (WDU) · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Undrr-isc hazard information profile id MH0402
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/29431|batch #29431]]: UNDRR-ISC Hazard Information Profile ID for extreme weather events"
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