Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A low-lying cloud formation occurring in extensive horizontal layers with rounded summits.
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- noun meteorology A
principal low-levelcloud type, predominantlystratiform , in the form of agray and/or whitishlayer orpatch , which nearly always has dark parts and isnonfibrous .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Most likely, it was one of the 10 great species of clouds, beginning with low- altitude cumulus ("cotton-wool puffs"), stratocumulus ("a low layer or patch of cloud") and stratus (a "gray overcast layer").
Cirrus Concerns Peter Pesic 2011
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The low-lying stratus, stratocumulus, cumulus, nimbostratus, and cumulonimbus are where all the action is.
MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010
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The low-lying stratus, stratocumulus, cumulus, nimbostratus, and cumulonimbus are where all the action is.
MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010
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The low-lying stratus, stratocumulus, cumulus, nimbostratus, and cumulonimbus are where all the action is.
MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010
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The low-lying stratus, stratocumulus, cumulus, nimbostratus, and cumulonimbus are where all the action is.
MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010
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Finally, a few hundred kilometers behind the front, scattered stratocumulus are common in the lower troposphere.
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Fantastic clouds, however I think they are regular old fashion stratocumulus clouds.
Cloudy The Year in Pictures 2009
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Geoengineering schemes sound like they're pulled straight from pulp sci-fi novels: Fertilize the oceans with iron in order to sequester carbon dioxide; launch fleets of ships to whip up sea spray and enhance the solar reflectivity of marine stratocumulus clouds; use trillions of tiny spacecraft to form a sunshade a million miles from Earth in perfect solar orbit.
Can a Million Tons of Sulfur Dioxide Combat Climate Change? By Chris Mooney 2008
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Geoengineering schemes sound like they're pulled straight from pulp sci-fi novels: Fertilize the oceans with iron in order to sequester carbon dioxide; launch fleets of ships to whip up sea spray and enhance the solar reflectivity of marine stratocumulus clouds; use trillions of tiny spacecraft to form a sunshade a million miles from Earth in perfect solar orbit.
Can a Million Tons of Sulfur Dioxide Combat Climate Change? Chris Mooney 2008
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This gas would form droplets of sulfuric acid in stratocumulus clouds to reflect back sunlight into space.
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