ice needle

ice needle

n. A thin ice crystal floating high in the atmosphere in certain conditions of clear, cold weather.

ice needle

n (Physical Geography) meteorol one of many needle-like ice crystals that form cirrus clouds in clear cold weather

ice′ nee`dle

n. an acicular ice crystal afloat in the atmosphere.

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ice needle - small crystals of ice diamond dust, frost mist, frost snow, ice crystal, poudrin, snow mistdownfall, precipitation - the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)H2O, water - binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solventcrystal - a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure