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shower
(redirected from rain shower)

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shower
1. a brief period of rain, hail, sleet, or snow
2. a large number of particles formed by the collision of a cosmic-ray particle with a particle in the atmosphere

shower [′shau̇ยทər]
(meteorology)
Precipitation from a convective cloud; characterized by the suddenness with which it starts and stops, by the rapid changes of intensity, and usually by rapid changes in the appearance of the sky.
(nuclear physics)


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Step inside an igloo-like, enclosed outdoor patio and refresh under a rain shower.
The offensive showing was as refreshing as the Midwest rain shower that hit in the late innings.
Raw existence abounds: We see in mega-close-up a beetle caught in a sudden rain shower.
 
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