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   Rain·bow

   /ˈrānˌbō/

   

   noun

   • 1. an arch of colors formed in the sky in certain circumstances, caused by the refraction and dispersion of the sun's light by rain or other water droplets in the atmosphere: "all the colors of the rainbow"
   • ▪ any display of the colors of the spectrum produced by dispersion of light.
   • ▪ a wide range or variety of related and typically colorful things: "a rainbow of medals decorated his chest"
   • ▪ many-colored: "a big rainbow packet of felt pens"

   Word Origin Old Englishregnboga (see rain, bow1).

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