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fractus

fractus noun: a cloud species which consists of broken shreds of cloud; scud.

Noun

fractus (plural fracti)

  1. A cloud species which consists of broken shreds of cloud; scud.
    • FIGURE 5.17[…]The ragged-appearing clouds beneath the nimbostratus are stratus fractus, or scud.2013, C. Donald Ahrens, Robert Henson, Meteorology Today, 11th edition, Cengage Learning, page 130

Forms of fractus

pluralfracti

Origin of fractus

From Latin fractus.

Words formed from fractus

Questions about fractus

What does fractus mean?
Fractus means a cloud species which consists of broken shreds of cloud; scud.
What part of speech is fractus?
Fractus is a noun.
What is the plural of fractus?
The plural of fractus is fracti.

Words near fractus in the dictionary

  1. fractureproof
  2. fractures
  3. fracturing
  4. fracturings
  5. fracturs
  6. fractus
  7. fradafiban
  8. Fradd
  9. Frades
  10. fradicin
  11. fradiomycin

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