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snow line

noun

Meaning

  1. The altitude, in a mountainous region, above which the ground is covered with snow, at any particular time.
  2. The inner limit where volatile molecules can remain frozen in the zone around a star
  3. By restriction, the limit for water remaining solid instead of evaporating away under solar radiation

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