ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Rainband

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Rainband is a noun meaning (meteorology) An elongated cloud and precipitation structure associated with an area of rainfall.

Meaning

(meteorology) An elongated cloud and precipitation structure associated with an area of rainfall.

More Meanings

  1. A dark band in the yellow portion of the solar spectrum near the sodium line, caused by the presence of water vapour in the atmosphere, and hence sometimes used in weather predictions.

Word Forms

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