"altocumulus" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: altocumuli [plural]
Etymology: From alto- + cumulus. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|alto-|cumulus}} alto- + cumulus Head templates: {{en-noun|altocumuli}} altocumulus (plural altocumuli)
  1. (physics, meteorology) A fleecy cloud formation consisting of large whitish or greyish globular cloudlets with shaded portions, often grouped in flocks or rows. (Abbreviated Ac.) Translations (cloud): 高積雲 /高积云 (gou¹ zik¹ wan⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 高積雲 /高积云 (gāojīyún) (Chinese Mandarin), hahtuvapilvi (Finnish), altocumulus (Finnish), altocumulus [masculine] (French), υψισωρείτης (ypsisoreítis) [masculine] (Greek), altocumulo [masculine] (Italian), 高積雲 (kōsekiun) (alt: こうせきうん) (Japanese), 斑雲 (madara gumo) (Japanese), 羊雲 (hitsuji gumo) (Japanese), 叢雲 (mura kumo) (Japanese), 고적운 (gojeogun) (Korean), altocumulus [masculine] (Latin), nubes altocumula [feminine] (Latin), алтокумулус (altokumulus) [masculine] (Macedonian), altocumulus [masculine] (Polish), alto-cúmulo [masculine] (Portuguese), высоко-кучева́я (vysoko-kučevája) [feminine] (Russian), алтокумулус [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), altokumulus [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), altocúmulo [masculine] (Spanish)

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