We see this when water drops in the air break sunlight into all the colors of a rainbow.
The water dropped at perhaps two feet a minute.
After giving up the heat, the water dropped to the boiler.
As the water dropped from one level to another, it turned giant wheels that provided power to the mills.
A day later, the water dropped another foot and a half.
Most of the energy is wasted as heat when the water drops land in the buckets.
And in dry seasons the water would drop, exposing the bodies to the air.
Then there was something else, like water dropped on a hot plate.
When the water dropped, they dragged something out behind the horse.
This year, the water in their well dropped to 130 feet, twice as deep as 10 years ago.