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water cycle

n.

The cycle of evaporation and condensation that controls the distribution of the earth's water as it evaporates from bodies of water, condenses, precipitates, and returns to those bodies of water. Also called hydrologic cycle.

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water cycle

Noun

Geol the circulation of the earth's water, in which water from the sea evaporates, forms clouds, falls as rain or snow, and returns to the sea by rivers

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water cycle

See hydrologic cycle.