rainout

rainout
/rayn"owt'/, n.
1. a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
2. Also called washout. the removal of radioactive particles or other foreign substances from the atmosphere by precipitation.
Also, rain-out. Cf. fallout.
[1945-50, Amer.; n. use of v. phrase rain out]

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