- cirrostratus
- 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
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
cirrostratus
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Cirrostratus — Abréviation METAR Cs Symbole Classification Famille A (Étage supérieur) … Wikipédia en Français
cirrostratus — [ sirostratys ] n. m. • 1830; de cirrus et stratus ♦ Nuage élevé, de la famille des cirrus, en voile blanchâtre presque translucide. ● cirrostratus nom masculin Nuage de la famille des cirrus formant un voile plus ou moins blanchâtre, qui dessine … Encyclopédie Universelle
Cirrostratus — Cirrostrātus (lat.), federige Schichtwolke, zarte, ca. 9 km hohe Wolkenschleier … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Cirrostratus — [lateinisch] der, /...ti, Wolken. … Universal-Lexikon
cirrostratus — ► NOUN ▪ cloud forming a thin, uniform semi translucent layer at high altitude … English terms dictionary
cirrostratus — [sir΄ō strāt′əs, sir΄ōstrat′əs] n. the type of thin, whitish cloud found at high altitudes and consisting of ice crystals: such clouds often produce halo phenomena: see CLOUD … English World dictionary
Cirrostratus — Wolken: Klassifikation Gattungen Cirrus Ci Cirrocumulus Cc Cirrostratus Cs Altocumulus Ac Altostratus As Stratocumulus Sc Stratus St Cumulus Cu Nimbostratus … Deutsch Wikipedia
cirrostratus — These clouds form typically as a thin whitish sheet covering a major portion of the sky. They may be very thin or form a definite sheet. They are responsible for forming halos around the sun and the moon. Cirrostratus clouds contain ice crystals… … Aviation dictionary
cirrostratus — noun A principal high level cloud type appearing as a whitish veil, usually fibrous but sometimes smooth, which may totally cover the sky and which often produces halo phenomena, either partially or completely. Sometimes a banded aspect may… … Wiktionary
cirrostratus — UK [ˌsɪrəʊˈstrɑːtəs] / US [ˌsɪroʊˈstreɪtəs] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms cirrostratus : singular cirrostratus plural cirrostrati UK [ˌsɪrəʊˈstrɑːtaɪ] / US [ˌsɪroʊˈstreɪtaɪ] science a thin layer of cloud found very high in the sky … English dictionary
cirrostratus — cirrostrative, adj. /sir oh stray teuhs, strat euhs/, n., pl. cirrostratus. a cloud of a class characterized by a composition of ice crystals and often by the production of halo phenomena and appearing as a whitish and usually somewhat fibrous… … Universalium
