cloudform

Noun

cloudform (countable and uncountable, plural cloudforms)

1. The type or shape of a cloud.
   • This article which was a sketchy summary of my investigations, contains also the laws of the motions of the lower cloudforms, such as cumulus, cumulo-stratus, conus.1877, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia
   • These observations comprise four regular observations daily on the barometer, thermometer, hygrometer, and other instruments, giving the pressure,. temperature, humidity, cloudiness, cloudform, direction, and force of the wind, and the rainfall.1880, Legislative Documents Submitted to the General Assembly of the State
2. A collection of particles condensed into a cloud.
   • The flyer or gliding pilot knows well the rising air current under cumulus bursts; their flat bottoms show the exact cold-air level at which condensation into cloudform took place.1943, The Pegasus - Volumes 1-4, page 237
   • Halos are caused by light shining through ice cloudform, usually marking the advance of a warm front — with rain.1944, The Popular Science Monthly - Volume 145, page 216
3. A depiction of a cloud or something resembling a cloud.
   • A sober breadth of treatment and massive dignity of cloudform distinguish “ Evening,” by Mr. J. Olsson, who seems never unmindful of the great importance of the sky in a picture, as too many painters often are.1894, Marion Harry Spielmann, The Magazine of Art ... - Volume 17, page 95
   • To left and right is cloudform or ribbon which the Persian artists derived from the Chinese.1923, Country Life - Volume 54