rainband

English

Etymology

rain +‎ band

Noun

rainband (plural rainbands)

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