cloudforms

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
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
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