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Snowflake

A snowflake is a single ice crystal that is large enough to fall through the Earth's atmosphere as snow. Snow appears white in color despite being made of clear ice. This is because the many small crystal facets of the snowflakes scatter the sunlight between them.

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Use as a symbol

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Snowflake

Nodes58
Edges57
Triples48
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.034483
Components1

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Snowflake

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related to Use as a symbol · 14
Snowflake → As, Christian, Christmas, Christmastide, Europe, European, For, Jesus, North America, North American Christmas, Snowflakes, The, White Christmas, Winter Olympics
related to Further reading · 6
Snowflake → ISBN, Ken Libbrecht's Field Guide, Kenneth, Libbrecht, Snowflakes, Voyageur Press
see also · 6
Snowflake → An, Guide, Japan, Koch, Mathematical, Zusetsu
related to Classification · 5
Snowflake → Although, Initial, Snowflakes, Ukichiro Nakaya, Wilson Alwyn Bentley
related to External links · 5
Snowflake → California Institute, Kenneth, Libbrecht, OverviewOnline, Technology
related to Formation · 3
Snowflake → Snowflakes, The, They
related to Gallery · 3
Snowflake → Bentley's, Comprehensive, Wilson Bentley
is a · 1
Snowflake → single ice crystal that is large enough to fall through the Earth's atmosphere as snow
used for · 1
Snowflake → the Order of Canada

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snowflakes crystals ice crystal form snow water may shape also around temperature shapes humidity air grow droplets atmosphere nucleus growth

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Snowflakeis asingle ice crystal that is large enough to fall through the Earth's atmosphere as snow0.90text
side-planesinstance ofMany more complex growth patterns also form0.80text
bullet-rosettesinstance ofMany more complex growth patterns also form0.80text
also planar types depending on the conditionsinstance ofMany more complex growth patterns also form0.80text
ice nucleiinstance ofMany more complex growth patterns also form0.80text
Snowflakeused forthe Order of Canada0.80text
Snowflakerelated to ClassificationSnowflakes0.60section
Snowflakerelated to ClassificationAlthough0.60section
Snowflakerelated to ClassificationInitial0.60section
Snowflakerelated to ClassificationWilson Alwyn Bentley0.60section
Snowflakerelated to ClassificationUkichiro Nakaya0.60section
Snowflakerelated to External linksCalifornia Institute0.60section

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