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Frost

In the strictest sense of the word, frost is a deposit of ice crystals that forms when supercooled water from a cloud or fog comes into contact with a freezing nucleus. An ice deposit then forms on it by contact.

In common language, frost is often assimilated to hoar frost.

A dead leaf adorned with ice crystals that could be frost or hoar frost. © Bruno P. CC by-nc-nd 2.0 A dead leaf adorned with ice crystals that could be frost or hoar frost. © Bruno P. CC by-nc-nd 2.0

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