secondary rainbow

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secondary rainbow [′sek·ən‚der·ē ′rān‚bō]

(optics)

A faint rainbow of angular radius about 50° which may appear outside the primary rainbow of 42° radius, and which has its colors in reverse order to those of the primary. Also known as secondary bow.

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No references found			A secondary rainbow is the rainbow you sometimes see outside the primary rainbow. Make your own rainbow by Kidsworld Magazine The light in each droplet is reflected twice in a secondary rainbow. What Causes Rainbows? by Children's Digest			secondary key secondary light source secondary limestone secondary lobe secondary low Secondary Measuring Instrument secondary member secondary meristem secondary metabolite secondary metal secondary mineral Secondary Minerals secondary oil recovery secondary optic axis secondary periderm secondary phloem secondary photocurrent secondary plant product secondary plasticizer secondary pollutant secondary porosity secondary port Secondary Quartzite secondary radar secondary radiation secondary rainbow Secondary Raw Material secondary recovery secondary reference fuel secondary reflection Secondary Refrigerant secondary reinforcement secondary rescue facilities secondary reserves secondary root secondary school secondary sewage sludge Secondary Sex Characteristics secondary shaft Secondary Sowing secondary splits secondary standard secondary station secondary storage secondary stratification secondary stratigraphic trap secondary stress secondary structure secondary substation secondary succession secondary surveillance radar			secondary process thinking secondary process thinking Secondary Processed Wood Products secondary processes secondary processes Secondary progressive Secondary progressive Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis secondary proximal renal tubular acidosis Secondary Public Offering Secondary Public Offering Secondary Public Offerings Secondary Pulmonary Artery Hypertension Secondary pulmonary hypertension Secondary Pulsed Field Gel secondary purpura secondary purpura secondary purpura Secondary qualities Secondary Quartzite Secondary quills Secondary radar secondary radar data only secondary radiation secondary radiation secondary radiation secondary radiation secondary rainbow Secondary Raw Material Secondary Raw Material secondary recovery Secondary Recovery Server Secondary Reference Cube secondary reference fuel secondary reflection Secondary Refrigerant secondary reinforcement secondary reinforcement secondary relationships Secondary Reparables Secondary Reports Distribution Unit Secondary Request to Send secondary rescue facilities secondary rescue facilities secondary reserves secondary reserves Secondary Restraining System Secondary Restraint System secondary rights secondary road Secondary Road Fund Distribution Advisory Committee Secondary rocks secondary root Secondary roots Secondary Router secondary ruminal contraction secondary ruminal contraction secondary ruminal contraction

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