RAINBAND

Etymology

Noun

rainband (plural rainbands)

A dark band in the yellow portion of the solar spectrum near the sodium line, caused by the presence of watery vapour in the atmosphere, and hence sometimes used in weather predictions.

A cloud and precipitation structure associated with an area of rainfall which is significantly elongated.

Source: Wiktionary



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23 February 2025

BARGAIN

(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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