rainband
noun
1 Physics an absorption band in the solar spectrum caused by the presence of water vapour in the atmosphere, formerly taken as an indicator of rain.
2A band of rain moving across the country.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Harper's Magazine.
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