CIRROSTRATUS Antonyms
Definition of CIRROSTRATUS
Best Opposite Words For CIRROSTRATUS
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alto | nounn | |||||||
noun • a singer whose voice lies in the alto clef • the lowest female singing voice • the highest adult male singing voice • (of a musical instrument) the second highest instrument in a family of musical instruments • the pitch range of the lowest female voice adjective satellite • of or being the lowest female voice • of or being the highest male voice; having a range above that of tenor • (of a musical instrument) second highest member of a group | ||||||||
altostratus | nounn | |||||||
noun • a stratus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles | ||||||||
cirrus | nounn | |||||||
noun • usually coiled • a wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles) • a slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects; often tactile | ||||||||
cumulonimbus | nounn | |||||||
noun • a dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity; associated with thunderstorms | ||||||||
cumulus | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
adjective • of or related to cumulous clouds noun • a globular cloud • a collection of objects laid on top of each other | ||||||||
stratus | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a large dark low cloud | ||||||||
mammatus | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
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nimbostratus | nounn | |||||||
noun • According to the World Meteorological Organization, a mid-level, principal cloud type, generally formless and dark grey in colour, which forms from altostratus occurring in layers at the middle altitude of the troposphere (usually above 2400 metres). Nimbostratus usually brings precipitation as the mid-level clouds thicken and subside into the low level of the troposphere. Frontal or cyclonic lift can also carry the top of a deep nimbostratus layer into the high levels of the troposphere. Also classified or characterized as multi-level; abbreviated Ns. | ||||||||
stratiform | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • Occurring in layers • Descriptive of rocks with extensive horizontal development • Descriptive of clouds with extensive horizontal development | ||||||||
stratocumulus | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • 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. |