cirrocumulus
A principal high-level cloud type appearing as a thin, white patch of cloud without…A principal high-level cloud type appearing as a thin, white patch of cloud without shadows, composed of very small droplets in the form of grains or ripples. The elements may be merged or separate, and more or less regularly arranged; they subtend an angle of less than 1° when observed at an angle of more than 30° above the horizon. Holes or rifts often occur in a sheet of cirrocumulus.
Meaning
1 sensesA principal high-level cloud type appearing as a thin, white patch of cloud without shadows, composed of very small droplets in the form of grains or ripples. The elements may be merged or separate, and more or less regularly arranged; they subtend an angle of less than 1° when observed at an angle of more than 30° above the horizon. Holes or rifts often occur in a sheet of cirrocumulus.
перисто-кучева́яperisto-kučevája
- a cloud at a high altitude consisting of a series of regularly arranged small clouds resembling ripples
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From cirro- + cumulus, coined by the British chemist and amateur meteorologist Luke HowardFrom cirro- + cumulus, coined by the British chemist and amateur meteorologist Luke Howard (1772–1864): see the 1803 quotation.
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Forms
plural: cirrocumuli| Singular | cirrocumulus |
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irregular · Lesson
Synonyms
2 synonyms- a cloud at a high altitude consisting of a series of regularly arranged small clouds resembling ripples:cirrocumulus cloud
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular