STRATOCUMULUS

Etymology

Noun

stratocumulus (plural stratocumuli)

(meteorology) A principal low-level cloud type, predominantly stratiform, in the form of a gray and/or whitish layer or patch, which nearly always has dark parts and is nonfibrous.

Anagrams

• cumulostratus

Source: Wiktionary


Stra`to-cu"mu*lus, n. [Stratus + cumulus.] (Meteor.)

Definition: Large balls or rolls of dark cloud which frequently cover the whole sky, esp. in winter, and give it at times an undulated appearance.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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13 February 2025

BREAK

(verb) cause the failure or ruin of; “His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage”; “This play will either make or break the playwright”


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