OROGRAPHIC CLOUD

Meaning of OROGRAPHIC CLOUD in English

any cloud whose existence and form are largely controlled by the disturbed flow of air over and around mountains, as the banner cloud and crest cloud.

[ 1975-80 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

OROGRAPHIC CLOUD — A cloud whose form and extent is determined by the disturbing effects of orography and mountains upon the passing flow …
Environmental Engineering 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
OROGRAPHIC — also ~al adjective Date: circa 1803 of or relating to mountains
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
OROGRAPHIC — |ōrə|grafik adjective also oro·graph·i·cal -fə̇kəl Etymology: oro- (I) + -graphic, -graphical : of or relating to mountains especially with respect …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OROGRAPHIC — (a.) Alt. of Orographical
Английский словарь Webster
OROGRAPHIC — ( a. ) Alt. of Orographical
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CLOUD — — cloudlike , adj. /klowd/ , n. 1. a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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
OROGRAPHIC — adjective also oro·graph·i·cal -fi-kəl Date: circa 1803 : of or relating to mountains ; especially : associated with or induced …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OROGRAPHIC — adj ·alt. of orographical.
Webster English vocab
CLOUD — noun a great crowd or multitude; a vast collection. 2. cloud ·noun a mass or volume of smoke, or flying …
Webster English vocab
OROGRAPHIC — [ ˌɒrə'grafɪk ] ■ adjective relating to mountains, especially as regards their position and form. ↘(of clouds or rainfall) resulting …
Concise Oxford English vocab
OROGRAPHIC — [oro.graph.ic] also oro.graph.i.cal adj (ca. 1803): of or relating to mountains; esp: associated with or induced by the presence of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CLOUD — [cloud] n, often attrib [ME, rock, cloud, fr. OE clud; perh. akin to Gk gloutos buttock] (14c) 1: a visible …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OROGRAPHIC — / ˌɒrəˈgræfɪk; NAmE / adjective ( geology ) connected with mountains, especially with their position and shape
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLOUD — / klaʊd; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C , U ] a grey or white mass …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLOUD — I. cloud 1 S3 W3 /klaʊd/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: clud 'rock, hill' ; because …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CLOUD — n. & v. --n. 1 a visible mass of condensed watery vapour floating in the atmosphere high above the general …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CLOUD — n. & v. n. 1 a visible mass of condensed watery vapour floating in the atmosphere high above the general …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CLOUD — n. & v. --n. 1. a visible mass of condensed watery vapour floating in the atmosphere high above the general …
Oxford English vocab
CLOUD — ( clouds, clouding, clouded) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A cloud …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLOUD
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CLOUD — [noun] [C] - a usually grey or white mass seen in the sky made of very small floating drops of …
Cambridge English vocab
CLOUD — n. cloud chamber Magellanic Cloud fiery or glowing cloud Oort cloud Red Cloud Saint Cloud porcelain
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CLOUD — I. noun 1 mass of very small drops of water in the sky ADJECTIVE ▪ dense , heavy , thick …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CLOUD — n. 25B6; noun dark clouds : storm cloud, cloudbank; mackerel sky. See list. a cloud of exhaust smoke : MASS, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CLOUD — The shelter given, and refreshment of rain promised, by clouds give them their peculiar prominence in Oriental imagery. When a …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
OROGRAPHIC — Related to, or caused by, physical geography (such as mountains or sloping terrain).
Weather and Meteorology English vocabulary
OROGRAPHIC — Related to, or caused by, physical geography (such as mountains or sloping terrain).
A Comprehensive English Glossary Of Weather
OROGRAPHIC — (геология) орографический
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CLOUD — 1. сущ. 1) облако; мн.; возв. небеса Clouds are commonly classified in four kinds, cirrus, cumulus, stratus, and nimbus. ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OROGRAPHIC — a геол. орографический
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CLOUD — cloud.ogg 1. klaʋd n 1. облако, туча the sun hidden by clouds - солнце, закрытое облаками cloud bar - гряда …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CLOUD — 1) облако; мн. ч. облачность 2) скопление; сгусток 3) дымка; матовость; помутнение ( дефект кристалла ) 4) тлв пятно ( …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
CLOUD — 1) облако; мн. ч. облачность 2) скопление; сгусток 3) дымка; матовость; помутнение (дефект кристалла) 4) тлв пятно (на изображении) 5) муть || мутнеть • to break …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
CLOUD — cloud сущ.1) облако; мн. ч.; возв. небеса Clouds are commonly classified in four kinds, cirrus, cumulus, stratus, and nimbus. — …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
OROGRAPHIC — (a) орографический
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
OROGRAPHIC — a геол. орографический
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
OROGRAPHIC — a геол. орографический
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CLOUD — 1. klaʋd n 1. облако, туча the sun hidden by clouds - солнце, закрытое облаками cloud bar - гряда облаков, …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CLOUD — 1. сущ. 1) а) облако; туча rain cloud — дождевая туча storm cloud — грозовая туча The sky became dark …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
CLOUD — 1. сущ. 1) а) облако; туча rain cloud — дождевая туча storm cloud — грозовая туча The sky became dark with clouds and it began …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
CLOUD — 1. _n. 1> облако; туча; clouds of smoke - клубы дыма; clouds of dust - клубы пыли; a cloud on …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
CLOUD — 1. n. 1. облако; туча; clouds of smoke - клубы дыма; clouds of dust - клубы пыли; a cloud on …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
CLOUD — 1. _n. 1> облако; туча; mushroom cloud грибовидное облако (при атомном взрыве); clouds of smoke клубы дыма; clouds of dust …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
OROGRAPHIC — гипсометрический орографический
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь морских терминов
OROGRAPHIC — (геология) орографический
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CLOUD — 1. сущ. 1) облако; мн.; возв. небеса Clouds are commonly classified in four kinds, cirrus, cumulus, stratus, and nimbus. ≈ …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
OROGRAPHIC RAIN — noun : the rain produced when a mountain deflects moisture-laden wind upward
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION — precipitation caused by the lifting of moist air over a mountain barrier. [ 1965-70 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION — rain, snow, or other precipitation produced when moist air is lifted as it moves over a mountain range. As the …
Britannica English vocabulary
OROGRAPHIC EFFECT — The effect that the varying topography has on atmospheric circulations. Deflection of air flow by mountains lifts air, resulting in …
Weather and Meteorology English vocabulary
OROGRAPHIC RAINFALL/SNOWFALL — For precipitation to occur, other conditions being satisfied (i.e. enough humidity, required temperature structure, sufficient depth of cloud etc.), there …
Weather and Meteorology English vocabulary
OROGRAPHIC LIFTING — Where the flow of air is forced up and over barriers such as highlands or mountains. Moist air being forced …
Weather and Meteorology English vocabulary
OROGRAPHICAL — adjective see: orographic
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
OROGRAPHICALLY — adverb see orographic
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OROGRAPHICAL — adjective see orographic
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OROGRAPHY — — orographic /awr'euh graf"ik, or'euh-/ , orographical , adj. — orographically , adv. /aw rog"reuh fee, oh rog"-/ , n. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OROGRAPHICAL — see orographic
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RAIN SHADOW — lee side of an orographic (mountainous) barrier, which receives considerably less precipitation than the windward side. See orographic precipitation.
Britannica English vocabulary

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

← OROGENY OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION→