a dark band in the solar spectrum caused by water in the atmosphere
rainband in American English
(ˈreinˌbænd)
noun
a dark band in the solar spectrum caused by water vapor in the atmosphere
Word origin
[1880–85; rain + band2]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Chief of Staff, barnstorm, highball, interface, pari-mutuel
Examples of 'rainband' in a sentence
rainband
The comma-shaped rainband consists of clusters of meso-β-scale rainfall cells.
S. Koseki, T.-Y. Koh, C.-K. Teo 2014, 'Borneo vortex and mesoscale convective rainfall', Atmospheric Chemistry and Physicshttp://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/14/4539/2014/acp-14-4539-2014.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Results based on rain rate retrievals indicated that rainband locations with the heaviest rainfall showed qualitatively similar horizontal distributions.
Nan-Ching Yeh, Chung-Chih Liu, Wann-Jin Chen 2015, 'Estimation of Rainfall Associated with Typhoons over the Ocean Using TRMM/TMI andNumerical Models', Waterhttp://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/7/11/6017. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)