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• Shower (disambiguation) — A shower can be:Weather* A shower, a short period of rain or snow or hail or sleet ** Mango showers, pre monsoon showers in the Indian states of Karnataka and Kerala that help in the ripening of mangoes ** Sunshower, an unusual meteorological… …   Wikipedia

• Shower — A shower (also called shower bath) is a booth for washing, usually in a bathroom, having an overhead nozzle that sprays water down on the body. A full bathroom may include a shower stall, whereas a half bathroom will not. History The practice of… …   Wikipedia

• shower — /ˈʃaʊə / (say showuh) noun 1. a brief fall of rain, hail, sleet or snow. 2. a similar fall, as of sparks or bullets. 3. a large supply or quantity: a shower of questions. 4. a party to which people bring presents for a specified recipient. See… …  

• shower — [ ʃaʊə] noun 1》 a brief and usually light fall of rain or snow. 2》 a mass of small things falling or moving at once.     ↘a large number of things happening or given at the same time: a shower of awards.     ↘a group of particles produced by a… …   English new terms dictionary

• shower — n. & v. n. 1 a brief fall of esp. rain, hail, sleet, or snow. 2 a a brisk flurry of arrows, bullets, dust, stones, sparks, etc. b a similar flurry of gifts, letters, honours, praise, etc. 3 (in full shower bath) a a cubicle, bath, etc. in which… …   Useful english dictionary

• Air shower — can refer to the following terms; *In physics an air shower is the shower of particles produced in Earth s atmosphere when a high energy cosmic ray hits an atom high in the atmosphere. *An air shower is a specialized antechamber of a cleanroom …   Wikipedia

• Meteor shower — This article is about the falling of meteors. For the TV program, see Meteor Shower (TV series). A meteor shower is a celestial event in which a number of meteors are observed to radiate from one point in the night sky. These meteors are caused… …   Wikipedia

• Particle shower — In particle physics, a shower is a cascade of secondary particles produced as the result of a high energy particle interacting with dense matter. The incoming particle interacts, producing multiple new particles with lesser energy; each of these… …   Wikipedia

• Air shower (physics) — Cosmic ray air shower created by a 1TeV proton hitting the atmosphere 20 km above the Earth. The shower was simulated using the AIRES package. Animated 3d models of this and other showers can be found on COSMUS. An air shower is an extensive… …   Wikipedia

• Air shower (room) — The term air shower can refer to the specialized antechamber which is passed through before entering a cleanroom in order to blow off excess dust particles from cleanroom personnel before they enter, to minimize contamination. HEPA filters are… …   Wikipedia

• Akeno Giant Air Shower Array — The Akeno Giant Air Shower Array (AGASA) is a very large surface array designed to study the origin of ultra high energy cosmic rays. It covers an area of 100km² and consists of 111 surface detectors and 27 muon detectors.The array is operated by …   Wikipedia