Definition of Rainbands

1. rainband [n] - See also: rainband

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rainbands

rain hats
rain man
rain men
rain off
rain on one's parade
rain on someone's parade
rain or shine
rain out
rain pitchforks
rain shadow
rain shower
rain stick
rain tree
rain trees
rainband
rainbands (current term)
rainbird
rainbirds
rainboot
rainboots
rainbow
rainbow-colored
rainbow bridge
rainbow cactus
rainbow coalition
rainbow fish
rainbow lorikeet
rainbow parties

Literary usage of Rainbands

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Symons's Meteorological Magazine (1885)
"With regard to the methods, the more simple form of observation recommended by me in the " Plea " has been by some extended, and the lesser rainbands, ..."

2. Chemical Lecture Notes by Henry Milton Whelpley, Charles Otto Curtman (1895)
"... measurement of movement of fixed stars, rainbands. Direct vision spectroscope [Fig. 66], FIG. 66. ..."

3. NOAA's Role in Space-Based Global Precipitation Estimation and Application by National Research Council (U.S.) (2007)
"... respond sharply to the frozen hydrometeors and heavy rain characteristics of intense tropical cyclone convective rainbands and eyewall development. ..."

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