Definition of rainbow

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Rainbow (n.) A bow or arch exhibiting, in concentric bands, the several colors of the spectrum, and formed in the part of the hemisphere opposite to the sun by the refraction and reflection of the sun's rays in drops of falling rain..

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Iridescence :: Iridescence (n.) Exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; the quality or state of being iridescent; a prismatic play of color; as, the iridescence of mother-of-pearl..
Iris :: Iris (n.) The rainbow.
Iridal :: Iridal (a.) Of or pertaining to the iris or rainbow; prismatic; as, the iridal colors..
Bow :: Bow (v. t.) Anything bent, or in the form of a curve, as the rainbow..
Arc :: Arc (n.) A curvature in the shape of a circular arc or an arch; as, the colored arc (the rainbow); the arc of Hadley's quadrant..
Token :: Token (n.) Something intended or supposed to represent or indicate another thing or an event; a sign; a symbol; as, the rainbow is a token of God's covenant established with Noah..
Sea Bow :: Sea bow () See Marine rainbow, under Rainbow..
Iris :: Iris (n.) The goddess of the rainbow, and swift-footed messenger of the gods..
Phantasmatography :: Phantasmatography (n.) A description of celestial phenomena, as rainbows, etc..
Red :: Red (superl.) Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is furthest from the violet part..
Sunburned :: Sunbow (n.) A rainbow; an iris.
Parhelion :: Parhelion (n.) A mock sun appearing in the form of a bright light, sometimes near the sun, and tinged with colors like the rainbow, and sometimes opposite to the sun. The latter is usually called an anthelion. Often several mock suns appear at the same time. Cf. Paraselene..
Rainbow :: Rainbow (n.) A bow or arch exhibiting, in concentric bands, the several colors of the spectrum, and formed in the part of the hemisphere opposite to the sun by the refraction and reflection of the sun's rays in drops of falling rain..
Rainbowed :: Rainbowed (a.) Formed with or like a rainbow.
Iridian :: Iridian (a.) Of or pertaining to the iris or rainbow.
Water Gall :: Water gall () A watery appearance in the sky, accompanying the rainbow; a secondary or broken rainbow..
Irised :: Irised (a.) Having colors like those of the rainbow; iridescent.
Yellow :: Yellow (superl.) Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the green..
Iridescent :: Iridescent (a.) Having colors like the rainbow; exhibiting a play of changeable colors; nacreous; prismatic; as, iridescent glass..
Iris :: Iris (n.) An appearance resembling the rainbow; a prismatic play of colors.
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