cirrostratus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A principal high-level cloud type appearing as a whitish veil, usually fibrous but sometimes smooth, which may totally cover the sky and which often produces halo phenomena.

/ˌsɪɹə(ʊ)ˈstɹeɪtəs/ /-ˈstɹɑː-/ /ˌsɪɹoʊˈstɹeɪtəs/ /-ˈstɹɑ-/ /-ˈstɹæ-/ [-ɾəs]

cirrostratus cirrostrati

From cirro- + stratus, coined by the British chemist and amateur meteorologist Luke Howard (1772–1864): see the 1803 quotation.

cirrostrative cirrostratous

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