Cloudtop
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cloudtop is a noun meaning The topmost layer of cloud.
Meaning
The topmost layer of cloud.
Example Sentences
A third ring system was added in March 1979 when Voyager-1 flew past Jupiter and imaged the outer edge of a faint, tenuous ring, 57,000 km above the planet's cloudtops.
The rains are only from October to December, and very rarely does the summer cloudtop rise to our level and sweep cool fringes over us, never depositing visible moisture anywhere.
Word Forms
- cloudtops
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include clifftop, cirrostratus, cloudful, cloudbase, cloudform, stackencloud.
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