probably has something to do with the shape of the sun.
A rainbow appears in the shape of an arc because sunlight is refracted, reflected, and dispersed by water droplets in the atmosphere. The specific angle at which the sunlight is refracted and reflected back to our eyes creates the characteristic bow shape of a rainbow.
The name "rainbow" comes from the Latin word "radius" which means "ray" or "beam of light." Rainbows are formed when sunlight shines through rain droplets in the atmosphere, refracting or bending the light and creating a spectrum of colors.
A rainbow is made when sunlight is refracted, or bent, by raindrops in the atmosphere. This refraction causes the sunlight to separate into its different colors, creating the arc of colors that we see in the sky.
A secondary rainbow is dimmer because the light is being dispersed and reflected twice within a raindrop. Extra reflection accounts for a dimmer and less frequently observed secondary bow. Extra reflection results in a 50 degree angle for the dispersion of the color red and a reverse in order of the colors.
I think rainbow is a compound word because rain and bow is a word.
A rainbow appears in the shape of an arc because sunlight is refracted, reflected, and dispersed by water droplets in the atmosphere. The specific angle at which the sunlight is refracted and reflected back to our eyes creates the characteristic bow shape of a rainbow.
no there is no homophone for rainbow
rainbow
rainbow
Rainbows are formed in the rain so rain and bow because it may be some form of a bow.
rainbow
Rainbow has two syllables. The syllables are rain-bow.
a rainbow.
Rainbow
An Elbow!
The "bow" referred to in "rainbow" is the sort of bent wooden pole used to shoot arrows. The arc of colors seen in the sky resembles the arc of a tightly strung bow.
2 rain-bow