polar stratospheric cloud
polar stratospheric cloud noun: a relatively rare type of clouds that occurs high in the stratosphere; polar stratospheric clouds often resemble mother-of-pearl as they shine in vivid colours, known as irisation.
Noun
polar stratospheric cloud (plural polar stratospheric clouds)
- A relatively rare type of clouds that occurs high in the stratosphere; polar stratospheric clouds often resemble mother-of-pearl as they shine in vivid colours, known as irisation
- Synonyms:
- mother-of-pearl cloud, nacreous cloud
Synonyms of polar stratospheric cloud
Forms of polar stratospheric cloud
| plural | polar stratospheric clouds |
|---|
Questions about polar stratospheric cloud
- What does polar stratospheric cloud mean?
- Polar stratospheric cloud means a relatively rare type of clouds that occurs high in the stratosphere; polar stratospheric clouds often resemble mother-of-pearl as they shine in vivid colours, known as irisation.
- What part of speech is polar stratospheric cloud?
- Polar stratospheric cloud is a noun.
- What is the plural of polar stratospheric cloud?
- The plural of polar stratospheric cloud is polar stratospheric clouds.
Words near polar stratospheric cloud in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: polar stratospheric cloud (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “polar stratospheric cloud.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/polar_stratospheric_cloud. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
