CIRROSTRATUS

Meaning of CIRROSTRATUS in English

Pronunciation: ˌ sir- ō - ' str ā -t ə s, - ' stra-

Function: noun

Etymology: New Latin

Date: circa 1803

: a fairly uniform high thin cloud layer darker than cirrus and often covering the entire sky ― see CLOUD illustration

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CIRROSTRATUS — noun Etymology: New Latin Date: circa 1803 a fairly uniform high thin cloud layer darker than cirrus and often covering …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CIRROSTRATUS — |si(ˌ)rō+ noun ( plural cirrostrati ) Etymology: New Latin, from cirr- + stratus : a fairly uniform layer of high …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CIRROSTRATUS — — cirrostrative , adj. /sir'oh stray"teuhs, -strat"euhs/ , n. , pl. cirrostratus . a cloud of a class characterized by …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CIRROSTRATUS — n. cloud formation containing ice crystals which appears high in the atmosphere
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CIRROSTRATUS — noun Etymology: New Latin Date: circa 1803 : a fairly uniform high thin cloud layer darker than cirrus and often …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CIRROSTRATUS — [ ˌsɪrəʊ'strα:təs , -'streɪtəs ] ■ noun cloud forming a thin, uniform semi-translucent layer at high altitude.
Concise Oxford English vocab
CIRROSTRATUS — [cir.ro.stra.tus] n [NL] (ca. 1803): a fairly uniform layer of high stratus darker than cirrus--see cloud illustration
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CIRROSTRATUS — cirrostratus BrE AmE ˌsɪr ə ʊ ˈstrɑːt əs -ˈstreɪt- AmE \ ˌsɪr oʊ ˈstreɪt̬ əs -ˈstræt̬-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CIRROSTRATUS — / ˌsɪrəʊˈstrɑːtəs; -ˈstreɪtəs; NAmE ˈsɪroʊ-/ noun ( technical ) a thin layer of fairly flat clouds very high up in …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CIRROSTRATUS — A cirriform cloud that develops from cirrus spreading out into a thin layer, creating a flat sheetlike appearance. It can …
Weather and Meteorology English vocabulary
CIRROSTRATUS — сущ. ; мн. cirrostrati перисто-слоистые облака
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
CIRROSTRATUS — сущ.; мн. cirrostrati перисто-слоистые облака
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
CIRROSTRATUS — Перисто-слоистые облака
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
CIRROSTRATUS — перисто-слоистые облака
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь морских терминов
CIRROSTRATUS (CS) — A layer of high clouds composed of ice crystals. Cirrostratus are usually very thin and appear as a white fibrous …
Weather and Meteorology English vocabulary
ALTOSTRATUS — noun (plural altostrati) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin altus + New Latin -o- + stratus Date: 1894 a fairly uniform …
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
STRATUS — ˈstrā]d.əs, ]təs, -ra] also -rä] or -rȧ] noun ( plural strati -d.ˌī, -ˌtī\) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, past participle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STRATOCIRRUS — |stra]d.ō, -rā] also -rä] or -rȧ]+ noun Etymology: New Latin, from strato- (I) + cirrus : a low dense cirrostratus …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CIRROVELUM — |si(ˌ)rōˈvēləm noun ( plural cirro·ve·la -lə) Etymology: New Latin, from cirr- + Latin velum veil : cirrus in sheet form …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CIRROSTRATIVE — |si(ˌ)rō|strād.iv adjective or cir·ro·stra·tous -ād.əs Etymology: New Latin cirrostrat us + English -ive or -ous : having the character of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ALTOSTRATUS — |al(ˌ)tō+ noun ( plural altostrati ) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin altus + New Latin -o- + stratus : a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CIRRO- — a combining form representing cirrus in compound words: cirrostratus. Also, cirri- .
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
ALTOSTRATUS — /al'toh stray"teuhs, -strat"euhs/ , n. , pl. altostratus . Meteorol. a cloud of a class characterized by a generally uniform …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CIRRO STRATUS — cirrostratus, cloud formation containing ice crystals which appears high in the atmosphere
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
CS — I. abbreviation cirrostratus II. symbol cesium
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ALTOSTRATUS — noun ( plural al·to·stra·ti -ˌtī) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin altus + New Latin -o- + stratus Date: 1894 : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CLOUD — any visible mass of water droplets, ice crystals, or a mixture of both that is suspended in the air, usually …
Britannica English vocabulary
STRATUS (ST) — One of the three major cloud types that comprise the ten main groups or genera, stratus clouds organize themselves into …
Weather and Meteorology English vocabulary

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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