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cirrostrati

cirrostrati is the plural of cirrostratus.

Meaning of cirrostratus

Noun

cirrostratus (plural cirrostrati)

  1. 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.
    • [page 99] Cirro-stratus. […] Horizontal or slightly inclined masses, attenuated towards a part or the whole of their circumference, bent downward, or undulated, separate, or in groups consisting of small clouds having these characters. […] [page 103] The cirro-stratus precedes wind and rain, the...1803 July, Luke Howard, “XVIII. On the Modifications of Clouds, and on the Principles of Their Production, Suspension, and Destruction; being the Substance of an Essay Read before the Askesian...
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Questions about cirrostrati

What is cirrostrati the plural of?
Cirrostrati is the plural of cirrostratus.

Words near cirrostrati in the dictionary

  1. cirronebulas
  2. cirrophore
  3. cirrophores
  4. cirropodous
  5. cirrose
  6. cirrostrati
  7. cirrostrative
  8. cirrostratous
  9. cirrostratus
  10. cirroteuthid
  11. cirroteuthids

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