cirrostratus
Appearance
English
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Etymology
[edit]From cirro- + stratus, coined by the British chemist and amateur meteorologist Luke Howard (1772–1864): see the 1803 quotation.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌsɪɹə(ʊ)ˈstɹeɪtəs/, /-ˈstɹɑː-/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌsɪɹoʊˈstɹeɪtəs/, /-ˈstɹɑ-/, /-ˈstɹæ-/, [-ɾəs]
- Rhymes: -eɪtəs, -ɑːtəs, -ætəs
- Hyphenation: cir‧ro‧stra‧tus
Noun
[edit]cirrostratus (plural cirrostrati)
- (meteorology) 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.
- Synonym: (abbreviation) Cs
- 1803 July, Luke Howard, “XVIII. On the Modifications of Clouds, and on the Principles of Their Production, Suspension, and Destruction; being the Substance of an Essay Read before the Askesian Society in the Session 1802–3.”, in Alexander Tilloch, editor, The Philosophical Magazine and Journal: Comprehending the Various Branches of Science, the Liberal and Fine Arts, Agriculture, Manufactures, and Commerce, volume XVI, number 62, London: […] [Richard Taylor] for Alexander Tilloch; and sold by Messrs. Richardson, […], →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 99 and 103:
- [page 99] Cirro-stratus. […] Horizontal or slightly inclined masses, attenuated towards a part or the whole of their circumference, bent downward, or undulated, separate, or in groups consisting of small clouds having these characters. […] [page 103] The cirro-stratus precedes wind and rain, the near or distant approach of which may sometimes be estimated from its greater or less abundance and permanence.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]cloud type appearing as a whitish veil
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Further reading
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cirrostratus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “cirro-stratus, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2025.
Anagrams
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From New Latin cirrostratus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cirrostratus
- synonym of harsopilvi (“cirrostratus”)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of cirrostratus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | cirrostratus | cirrostratukset | |
| genitive | cirrostratuksen | cirrostratusten cirrostratuksien | |
| partitive | cirrostratusta | cirrostratuksia | |
| illative | cirrostratukseen | cirrostratuksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | cirrostratus | cirrostratukset | |
| accusative | nom. | cirrostratus | cirrostratukset |
| gen. | cirrostratuksen | ||
| genitive | cirrostratuksen | cirrostratusten cirrostratuksien | |
| partitive | cirrostratusta | cirrostratuksia | |
| inessive | cirrostratuksessa | cirrostratuksissa | |
| elative | cirrostratuksesta | cirrostratuksista | |
| illative | cirrostratukseen | cirrostratuksiin | |
| adessive | cirrostratuksella | cirrostratuksilla | |
| ablative | cirrostratukselta | cirrostratuksilta | |
| allative | cirrostratukselle | cirrostratuksille | |
| essive | cirrostratuksena | cirrostratuksina | |
| translative | cirrostratukseksi | cirrostratuksiksi | |
| abessive | cirrostratuksetta | cirrostratuksitta | |
| instructive | — | cirrostratuksin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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- English terms prefixed with cirro-
- English terms coined by Luke Howard
- English coinages
- English 4-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/eɪtəs
- Rhymes:English/eɪtəs/4 syllables
- Rhymes:English/ɑːtəs
- Rhymes:English/ɑːtəs/4 syllables
- Rhymes:English/ætəs
- Rhymes:English/ætəs/4 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- en:Meteorology
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- en:Clouds
- Finnish terms borrowed from New Latin
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- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑtus
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑtus/4 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish terms spelled with C
- Finnish vastaus-type nominals