hyeto-, hyet-

A chart or graphic representation of the average distribution of rain over the surface of the earth.

1. Descriptive of a chart, or graph, showing the pattern of rainfall in an area.
2. Characterized by an instrument that automatically collects rain and measures its amount.

The science that deals with the origins, structures, and various other features of all forms of precipitation or rain fall.

1. The branch of meteorology that deals with the distribution and mapping of rainfall.
2. The study of the annual variations and geographic distributions of precipitation.

1. A chart showing the distribution of rainfall over the earth, or any part of it.
2. An instrument used to measure and to record rainfall.

A branch of meteorology that is involved with the measurements of the distributions of rainfall, and of its presentation graphically in charts, maps, etc.