"rainshower" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1944, United States. Army Air Forces. Weather Division, Studies on local forecasting:",
          "text": "Under these circumstances, fair weather, with just scattered cumulus clouds in the afternoon, will prevail for about 2 or 3 days with very little, if any, rainshower activity",
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          "ref": "1993, P. M. Duff, Holmes' Principles of Physical Geology:",
          "text": "A brief rainshower falling on the smooth surface of fine-grained sediment spatters it with tiny crater-like pittings known as rain prints.",
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          "ref": "2002, Jerry Holmes, Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts, page 308:",
          "text": "Thomas Jefferson was laid to rest in the Monticello graveyard at 5:00 P.m. on July 5, during a soft summer rainshower.",
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