Definition of Rainout

1. Noun. Something which has been cancelled due to interfering rain. ¹

2. Noun. Such a cancellation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rainout

1. atomic fallout occurring in precipitation [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rainout

raininesses
raining
raining buckets
raining cats and dogs
raining pitchforks
rainjacket
rainjackets
rainless
rainlessly
rainlessness
rainlike
rainmaker
rainmakers
rainmaking
rainmakings
rainout (current term)
rainouts
rainpants
rainproof
rainproofed
rainproofing
rainproofs
rains
rains buckets
rains cats and dogs
rains pitchforks
rainscape
rainscapes
rainshade
rainshadow

Literary usage of Rainout

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

1. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War by Fredric Solomon, Robert Q. Marston (1986)
"Thus potentially lethal doses from rainout should occur only from large convective rain cells, and this should occur only over relatively small areas (ie, ..."

2. Exploring Organic Environments in the Solar System by National Research Council (U.S.) (2007)
"rainout of substantial quantities of HCN would make the subsequent synthesis of purines, pyrimidines, and amino acids possible in the aqueous phase.46 ..."

3. A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John by Charles Dexter Cleveland (1865)
"This is true; as he himself says in the " Verses on his own Death:" "Tile Dean was rainout in hie time. And hod a kind of knack at rhyme " This "knack" he ..."

4. The Military Dictionary (1987)
"This rain is radioactive and presents an important secondary effect of such a burst. rainout—(DOD, NATO) Radioactive material in the atmosphere brought down ..."

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