"cirrocumulus" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cirrocumuli [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|cirrocumuli}} cirrocumulus (plural cirrocumuli)
  1. (physics, meteorology) A principal high-level cloud type appearing as a thin, white patch of cloud without shadows, composed of very small droplets in the form of grains or ripples. The elements may be merged or separate, and more or less regularly arranged; they subtend an angle of less than 1° when observed at an angle of more than 30° above the horizon. Holes or rifts often occur in a sheet of cirrocumulus. Abbreviated Cc. Wikipedia link: en:cirrocumulus Categories (topical): Clouds, Meteorology, Physics Translations (a cloud type): 卷積雲 (Chinese Cantonese), 卷积云 (gyun² zik¹ wan⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 卷積雲 (Chinese Mandarin), 卷积云 (juǎnjīyún) (Chinese Mandarin), schapenwolk [feminine] (Dutch), cirrocumulus [masculine] (Dutch), cirokumuluso (Esperanto), palleropilvi (Finnish), cirrocumulus [masculine] (French), θυσανοσωρείτης (thysanosoreítis) [masculine] (Greek), bárányfelhő (Hungarian), cirrocumulo [masculine] (Italian), 巻積雲 (kensekiun) (alt: けんせきうん) (Japanese), 鱗雲 (urokogumo) (Japanese), 鰯雲 (iwashigumo) (Japanese), 鯖雲 (sabagumo) (Japanese), cirrocumulus [masculine] (Latin), nubes cirrocumula [feminine] (Latin), цирокумулус (cirokumulus) [masculine] (Macedonian), cirrocumulus [neuter] (Polish), baranek [colloquial, masculine] (Polish), перисто-кучева́я (peristo-kučevája) [feminine] (Russian), cirrocúmulo [masculine] (Spanish), siro-cwmwlws [masculine] (Welsh)

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