CIRROCUMULUS

Meaning of CIRROCUMULUS in English

Pronunciation: ˌ sir- ō - ' kyü-my ə -l ə s

Function: noun

Etymology: New Latin

Date: circa 1803

: a high-altitude cloud form consisting of small white rounded masses usually in regular groupings ― see CLOUD illustration

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CIRROCUMULUS — noun Etymology: New Latin Date: circa 1803 a high-altitude cloud form consisting of small white rounded masses usually in regular …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CIRROCUMULUS — |si(ˌ)rō+ noun ( plural cirrocumuli ) Etymology: New Latin, from cirr- + cumulus : a cloud form of small white …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CIRROCUMULUS — — cirrocumular, cirrocumulative /sir'oh kyooh"myeuh lay'tiv, -leuh tiv/ , cirrocumulous , adj. /sir'oh kyooh"myeuh leuhs/ , n. , pl. cirrocumulus …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CIRROCUMULUS — n. white puffy cloud formation appearing high in the atmosphere
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CIRROCUMULUS — noun Etymology: New Latin Date: circa 1803 : a high-altitude cloud form consisting of small white rounded masses usually in …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CIRROCUMULUS — [ ˌsɪrəʊ'kju:mjʊləs ] ■ noun cloud forming a broken layer of small fleecy clouds at high altitude.
Concise Oxford English vocab
CIRROCUMULUS — [cir.ro.cu.mu.lus] n [NL] (ca. 1803): a cloud form of small white rounded masses at a high altitude usu. in regular …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CIRROCUMULUS — cirrocumulus BrE AmE ˌsɪr ə ʊ ˈkjuːm jʊl əs -jəl əs AmE \ ˌsɪr oʊ ˈkjuːm jəl əs
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CIRROCUMULUS — / ˌsɪrəʊˈkjuːmjələs; NAmE ˌsɪroʊ-/ noun ( technical ) a broken layer of small clouds •• WORD ORIGIN cirro- from Latin …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CIRROCUMULUS — A cirriform cloud with vertical development, appearing as a thin sheet of small white puffs which give it a rippled …
Weather and Meteorology English vocabulary
CIRROCUMULUS — сущ. ; мн. cirrocumuli перисто-кучевые облака, "барашки"
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
CIRROCUMULUS — сущ.; мн. cirrocumuli перисто-кучевые облака, "барашки"
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
CIRROCUMULUS (CC) — Thin white patches, sheets, or layers of cloud with no shading seen at high altitudes (greater than 6 kilometers above …
Weather and Meteorology English vocabulary
MACKEREL SKY — noun Date: 1667 a sky covered with rows of altocumulus or cirrocumulus clouds resembling the patterns on a mackerel's back
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CLOUD — I Any visible mass of water droplets, ice crystals, or a mixture of the two that is suspended in the …
Английский словарь Британика
CLOUD — I. ˈklau̇d noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, rock, hill, cloud, from Old English clūd; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WOOLLY FLEECE — noun : cirrocumulus
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MACKEREL SKY — noun : a sky covered with rows of altocumulus or cirrocumulus clouds resembling the patterns on a mackerel's back
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CIRROCUMULAR — adjective or cir·ro·cumulative or cir·ro·cumulous |si(ˌ)rō+ Etymology: New Latin cirrocumul us + English -ar or -ative or -ous : of, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MACKEREL SKY — an extensive group of cirrocumulus or altocumulus clouds, esp. when well-marked in their arrangement: so called because of a resemblance …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CIRRIFORM — /sir"euh fawrm'/ , adj. of or pertaining to clouds composed of ice crystals, as cirrus, cirrostratus, and cirrocumulus clouds. [ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CC — cirrocumulus.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ALTOCUMULUS — /al'toh kyooh"myeuh leuhs/ , n. , pl. altocumulus . Meteorol. a cloud of a class characterized by globular masses or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MACKEREL SKY — sky dappled with small cirrocumulus or altocumulus clouds that look like the markings of mackerel
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CLOUD — I. ˈklau̇d noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, rock, cloud, from Old English clūd; perhaps akin to Greek gloutos …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MACKEREL SKY — Date: 1667 : a sky covered with rows of altocumulus or cirrocumulus clouds resembling the patterns on a mackerel's back
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CC — cirrocumulus
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MACKEREL SKY — ■ noun a sky dappled with rows of small white fleecy (typically cirrocumulus) clouds, like the pattern on a mackerel's …
Concise Oxford English vocab
MACKEREL SKY — [mackerel sky] n (1669): a sky covered with rows of altocumulus or cirrocumulus clouds resembling the patterns on a mackerel's …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CC — [cc] abbreviation cubic centimeter Cc abbreviation cirrocumulus CC abbreviation carbon copy, chief clerk, common carrier, community college, country club
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CLOUD — any visible mass of water droplets, ice crystals, or a mixture of both that is suspended in the air, usually …
Britannica English vocabulary
CUMULUS (CU) — Widely known as "fair weather clouds," cumulus clouds are one of the three major cloud types that comprise the ten …
Weather and Meteorology English vocabulary

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