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rainbow
(mass) | rainbow
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rainbow
(encz) | rainbow,duha n: |
Rainbow
(gcide) | Rainbow \Rain"bow`\ (r[=a]n"b[=o]`), n. [AS. regenboga, akin to
G. regenbogen. See Rain, and Bow anything bent.]
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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Note: Besides the ordinary bow, called also primary rainbow,
which is formed by two refractions and one reflection,
there is also another often seen exterior to it, called
the secondary rainbow, concentric with the first, and
separated from it by a small interval. It is formed by
two refractions and two reflections, is much fainter
than the primary bow, and has its colors arranged in
the reverse order from those of the latter.
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Lunar rainbow, a fainter arch or rainbow, formed by the
moon.
Marine rainbow, Sea bow, a similar bow seen in the spray
of waves at sea.
Rainbow trout (Zool.), a bright-colored trout ({Salmo
irideus}), native of the mountains of California, but now
extensively introduced into the Eastern States, Japan, and
other countries; -- called also brook trout, {mountain
trout}, and golden trout.
Rainbow wrasse. (Zool.) See under Wrasse.
Supernumerary rainbow, a smaller bow, usually of red and
green colors only, sometimes seen within the primary or
without the secondary rainbow, and in contact with them.
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rainbow
(wn) | rainbow
n 1: an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of
the sun's rays by rain
2: an illusory hope; "chasing rainbows" |
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rainbow
(mass) | rainbow
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chasing rainbows
(encz) | chasing rainbows, |
over the rainbow
(encz) | over the rainbow, |
rainbow
(encz) | rainbow,duha n: |
rainbow cactus
(encz) | rainbow cactus, n: |
rainbow fish
(encz) | rainbow fish, n: |
rainbow lorikeet
(encz) | rainbow lorikeet, n: |
rainbow perch
(encz) | rainbow perch, n: |
rainbow pink
(encz) | rainbow pink, n: |
rainbow runner
(encz) | rainbow runner, n: |
rainbow seaperch
(encz) | rainbow seaperch, n: |
rainbow shower
(encz) | rainbow shower, n: |
rainbow smelt
(encz) | rainbow smelt, n: |
rainbow trout
(encz) | rainbow trout, n: |
Lunar rainbow
(gcide) | Rainbow \Rain"bow`\ (r[=a]n"b[=o]`), n. [AS. regenboga, akin to
G. regenbogen. See Rain, and Bow anything bent.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Besides the ordinary bow, called also primary rainbow,
which is formed by two refractions and one reflection,
there is also another often seen exterior to it, called
the secondary rainbow, concentric with the first, and
separated from it by a small interval. It is formed by
two refractions and two reflections, is much fainter
than the primary bow, and has its colors arranged in
the reverse order from those of the latter.
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Lunar rainbow, a fainter arch or rainbow, formed by the
moon.
Marine rainbow, Sea bow, a similar bow seen in the spray
of waves at sea.
Rainbow trout (Zool.), a bright-colored trout ({Salmo
irideus}), native of the mountains of California, but now
extensively introduced into the Eastern States, Japan, and
other countries; -- called also brook trout, {mountain
trout}, and golden trout.
Rainbow wrasse. (Zool.) See under Wrasse.
Supernumerary rainbow, a smaller bow, usually of red and
green colors only, sometimes seen within the primary or
without the secondary rainbow, and in contact with them.
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Marine rainbow
(gcide) | Rainbow \Rain"bow`\ (r[=a]n"b[=o]`), n. [AS. regenboga, akin to
G. regenbogen. See Rain, and Bow anything bent.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Besides the ordinary bow, called also primary rainbow,
which is formed by two refractions and one reflection,
there is also another often seen exterior to it, called
the secondary rainbow, concentric with the first, and
separated from it by a small interval. It is formed by
two refractions and two reflections, is much fainter
than the primary bow, and has its colors arranged in
the reverse order from those of the latter.
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Lunar rainbow, a fainter arch or rainbow, formed by the
moon.
Marine rainbow, Sea bow, a similar bow seen in the spray
of waves at sea.
Rainbow trout (Zool.), a bright-colored trout ({Salmo
irideus}), native of the mountains of California, but now
extensively introduced into the Eastern States, Japan, and
other countries; -- called also brook trout, {mountain
trout}, and golden trout.
Rainbow wrasse. (Zool.) See under Wrasse.
Supernumerary rainbow, a smaller bow, usually of red and
green colors only, sometimes seen within the primary or
without the secondary rainbow, and in contact with them.
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rainbow darter
(gcide) | Soldier \Sol"dier\, n. [OE. souldier, soudiour, souder, OF.
soldier, soldoier, soldeier, sodoier, soudoier, soudier, fr.
L. solidus a piece of money (hence applied to the pay of a
soldier), fr. solidus solid. See Solid, and cf. Sold, n.]
1. One who is engaged in military service as an officer or a
private; one who serves in an army; one of an organized
body of combatants.
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I am a soldier and unapt to weep. --Shak.
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2. Especially, a private in military service, as
distinguished from an officer.
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It were meet that any one, before he came to be a
captain, should have been a soldier. --Spenser.
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3. A brave warrior; a man of military experience and skill,
or a man of distinguished valor; -- used by way of
emphasis or distinction. --Shak.
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4. (Zool.) The red or cuckoo gurnard (Trigla pini.) [Prov.
Eng.]
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5. (Zool.) One of the asexual polymorphic forms of white
ants, or termites, in which the head and jaws are very
large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest.
See Termite.
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Soldier beetle (Zool.), an American carabid beetle
(Chauliognathus Americanus) whose larva feeds upon other
insects, such as the plum curculio.
Soldier bug (Zool.), any hemipterous insect of the genus
Podisus and allied genera, as the spined soldier bug
(Podius spinosus). These bugs suck the blood of other
insects.
Soldier crab (Zool.)
(a) The hermit crab.
(b) The fiddler crab.
Soldier fish (Zool.), a bright-colored etheostomoid fish
(Etheostoma coeruleum) found in the Mississippi River;
-- called also blue darter, and rainbow darter.
Soldier fly (Zool.), any one of numerous species of small
dipterous flies of the genus Stratyomys and allied
genera. They are often bright green, with a metallic
luster, and are ornamented on the sides of the back with
markings of yellow, like epaulets or shoulder straps.
Soldier moth (Zool.), a large geometrid moth ({Euschema
militaris}), having the wings bright yellow with bluish
black lines and spots.
Soldier orchis (Bot.), a kind of orchis ({Orchis
militaris}).
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rainbow fish
(gcide) | guppy \guppy\ n. [Named after R. J. L. Guppy, who brought
speciments to the British museum. --RHUD]
A small freshwater fish of South America and West Indies
(Lebistes reticulatus or Poecilia reticulata, originaly
called Gerardinus guppyi), often kept in aquariums; also
called rainbow fish.
Syn: rainbow fish, Lebistes reticulatus.
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Rainbow trout
(gcide) | Rainbow \Rain"bow`\ (r[=a]n"b[=o]`), n. [AS. regenboga, akin to
G. regenbogen. See Rain, and Bow anything bent.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Besides the ordinary bow, called also primary rainbow,
which is formed by two refractions and one reflection,
there is also another often seen exterior to it, called
the secondary rainbow, concentric with the first, and
separated from it by a small interval. It is formed by
two refractions and two reflections, is much fainter
than the primary bow, and has its colors arranged in
the reverse order from those of the latter.
[1913 Webster]
Lunar rainbow, a fainter arch or rainbow, formed by the
moon.
Marine rainbow, Sea bow, a similar bow seen in the spray
of waves at sea.
Rainbow trout (Zool.), a bright-colored trout ({Salmo
irideus}), native of the mountains of California, but now
extensively introduced into the Eastern States, Japan, and
other countries; -- called also brook trout, {mountain
trout}, and golden trout.
Rainbow wrasse. (Zool.) See under Wrasse.
Supernumerary rainbow, a smaller bow, usually of red and
green colors only, sometimes seen within the primary or
without the secondary rainbow, and in contact with them.
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Rainbow wrasse
(gcide) | Rainbow \Rain"bow`\ (r[=a]n"b[=o]`), n. [AS. regenboga, akin to
G. regenbogen. See Rain, and Bow anything bent.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Besides the ordinary bow, called also primary rainbow,
which is formed by two refractions and one reflection,
there is also another often seen exterior to it, called
the secondary rainbow, concentric with the first, and
separated from it by a small interval. It is formed by
two refractions and two reflections, is much fainter
than the primary bow, and has its colors arranged in
the reverse order from those of the latter.
[1913 Webster]
Lunar rainbow, a fainter arch or rainbow, formed by the
moon.
Marine rainbow, Sea bow, a similar bow seen in the spray
of waves at sea.
Rainbow trout (Zool.), a bright-colored trout ({Salmo
irideus}), native of the mountains of California, but now
extensively introduced into the Eastern States, Japan, and
other countries; -- called also brook trout, {mountain
trout}, and golden trout.
Rainbow wrasse. (Zool.) See under Wrasse.
Supernumerary rainbow, a smaller bow, usually of red and
green colors only, sometimes seen within the primary or
without the secondary rainbow, and in contact with them.
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Rainbowed
(gcide) | Rainbowed \Rain"bowed`\ (r[=a]n"b[=o]d`), a.
Formed with or like a rainbow.
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Supernumerary rainbow
(gcide) | Rainbow \Rain"bow`\ (r[=a]n"b[=o]`), n. [AS. regenboga, akin to
G. regenbogen. See Rain, and Bow anything bent.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Besides the ordinary bow, called also primary rainbow,
which is formed by two refractions and one reflection,
there is also another often seen exterior to it, called
the secondary rainbow, concentric with the first, and
separated from it by a small interval. It is formed by
two refractions and two reflections, is much fainter
than the primary bow, and has its colors arranged in
the reverse order from those of the latter.
[1913 Webster]
Lunar rainbow, a fainter arch or rainbow, formed by the
moon.
Marine rainbow, Sea bow, a similar bow seen in the spray
of waves at sea.
Rainbow trout (Zool.), a bright-colored trout ({Salmo
irideus}), native of the mountains of California, but now
extensively introduced into the Eastern States, Japan, and
other countries; -- called also brook trout, {mountain
trout}, and golden trout.
Rainbow wrasse. (Zool.) See under Wrasse.
Supernumerary rainbow, a smaller bow, usually of red and
green colors only, sometimes seen within the primary or
without the secondary rainbow, and in contact with them.
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rainbow
(wn) | rainbow
n 1: an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of
the sun's rays by rain
2: an illusory hope; "chasing rainbows" |
rainbow cactus
(wn) | rainbow cactus
n 1: a stout cylindrical cactus of the southwest United States
and adjacent Mexico |
rainbow fish
(wn) | rainbow fish
n 1: small freshwater fish of South America and the West Indies;
often kept in aquariums [syn: guppy, rainbow fish,
Lebistes reticulatus] |
rainbow lorikeet
(wn) | rainbow lorikeet
n 1: a kind of lorikeet [syn: rainbow lorikeet, {Trichoglossus
moluccanus}] |
rainbow perch
(wn) | rainbow perch
n 1: Pacific coast fish [syn: rainbow seaperch, {rainbow
perch}, Hipsurus caryi] |
rainbow pink
(wn) | rainbow pink
n 1: Chinese pink with deeply toothed rose-lilac flowers with a
purplish eye; usually raised as an annual [syn: {china
pink}, rainbow pink, Dianthus chinensis] |
rainbow runner
(wn) | rainbow runner
n 1: streamlined cigar-shaped jack; good game fish [syn:
rainbow runner, Elagatis bipinnulata] |
rainbow seaperch
(wn) | rainbow seaperch
n 1: Pacific coast fish [syn: rainbow seaperch, {rainbow
perch}, Hipsurus caryi] |
rainbow shower
(wn) | rainbow shower
n 1: deciduous ornamental hybrid of southeastern Asia and Hawaii
having racemes of flowers ranging in color from cream-
colored to orange and red [syn: rainbow shower, {Cassia
javonica}] |
rainbow smelt
(wn) | rainbow smelt
n 1: common smelt of eastern North America and Alaska [syn:
American smelt, rainbow smelt]
2: important marine and landlocked food fish of eastern North
America and Alaska [syn: rainbow smelt, Osmerus mordax] |
rainbow trout
(wn) | rainbow trout
n 1: flesh of Pacific trout that migrate from salt to fresh
water
2: found in Pacific coastal waters and streams from lower
California to Alaska [syn: rainbow trout, {Salmo
gairdneri}] |
rainbow series
(foldoc) | rainbow series
Any of several series of technical manuals
distinguished by cover colour. The original rainbow series
was the NCSC security manuals (see Orange Book, {crayola
books}); the term has also been commonly applied to the
PostScript reference set (see Red Book, Green Book, {Blue
Book}, White Book). Which books are meant by ""the" rainbow
series" unqualified is thus dependent on one's local technical
culture.
[Jargon File]
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rainbow series
(jargon) | rainbow series
n.
Any of several series of technical manuals distinguished by cover color.
The original rainbow series was the NCSC security manuals (see {Orange Book
}). These are now available via the web. the term has also been commonly
applied to the PostScript reference set. Which books are meant by “the
rainbow series” unqualified is thus dependent on one's local technical
culture.
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