"altostratus" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: altostrati [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪtəs Head templates: {{en-noun|altostrati}} altostratus (plural altostrati)
  1. (physics, meteorology) A principal medium-level cloud type in the form of a gray or bluish (never white) sheet or layer of striated, fibrous, or uniform appearance. Categories (topical): Clouds, Meteorology, Physics Synonyms: As [abbreviation] Translations (cloud type): 高層雲 (Chinese Cantonese), 高层云 (gou¹ cang⁴ wan⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 高層雲 (Chinese Mandarin), 高层云 (gāocéngyún) (Chinese Mandarin), verhopilvi (Finnish), altostratus [masculine] (French), υψίστρωμα (ypsístroma) [neuter] (Greek), gráblika [feminine] (Icelandic), altostrato [masculine] (Italian), 高層雲 (kōsōun) (alt: こうそううん) (Japanese), 朧雲 (oborogumo) (alt: おぼろぐも) (Japanese), altostratus [masculine] (Latin), nubes altostrata [feminine] (Latin), altostratus [masculine] (Polish), alto-estrato [masculine] (Portuguese), altostratus [masculine] (Portuguese), altostrato [masculine] (Portuguese), высоко-слои́стая (vysoko-sloístaja) [feminine] (Russian), altostratus [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), altostrato [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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