Stratus

Quick meaning: Stratus is a noun meaning (meteorology) A principal, low-level cloud type in the form of a gray layer with a rather uniform base, usually not associated with precipitation, and capable of producing corona phenomena and a weak, uniform luminance.

Meaning

(meteorology) A principal, low-level cloud type in the form of a gray layer with a rather uniform base, usually not associated with precipitation, and capable of producing corona phenomena and a weak, uniform luminance.

Example Sentences

[page 99] Stratus. […] A widely extended, continuous, horizontal sheet, increasing from below. […] [page 357] When a stratus covers the ground at sun-rise, however, we often see it collect into cumuli upon the evaporation of that part of it which is immediately contiguous to the earth: […]

Word Forms

• strati

Synonyms for stratus

Depending on context, synonyms include St.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include nimbo, storm cloud, stratum, spissatus, pileus, subcloud.

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