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Definition of Rainbows

1. rainbow [n] - See also: rainbow

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rainbows

Literary usage of Rainbows

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

1. Elementary Meteorology by William Morris Davis (1894)
"rainbows. When falling rain is illuminated by the direct rays of the sun, ... rainbows are produced by a complicated process of refraction of sunlight as it ..."

2. Elements of Meteorology, with Questions for Examination, Designed for by John Brocklesby (1869)
"rainbows IN THE NORTH. rainbows are sometimes seen at mid-day. On the 13th of Dec. 1847, at one o'clock, PM, Prof. Olmstead beheld at Yale College an entire ..."

3. Elements of Meteorology: With Questions for Examination, Designed for by John Brocklesby (1851)
"When the light of the sun is reflected from the surface of tranquil water, rainbows of singular form are at times observed. On the 6th of August, 1698, ..."

4. Elements of Meteorology: With Questions for Examination, Designed for by John Brocklesby (1859)
"rainbows IN THE NORTH. rainbows are sometimes seen at mid-day. On the 13th of Dec. 1847, at one o'clock, PM, Prof. Olmstead beheld at Yale College an entire ..."

5. Elements of Meteorology: With Questions for Examination :designed for by John Brocklesby (1850)
"rainbows IN THE NORTH. rainbows are sometimes seen at mid-day. On the 13th of Dec. 1847, at one o'clock, PM, Prof. Olmstead beheld at Yale College an entire ..."

6. A Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts by Thomas Young (1845)
"The production of the supernumerary rainbows, which are sometimes seen within the primary and without the secondary bow, appears to be intimately connected ..."

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