"fractus" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fracti [plural]
Etymology: From Latin fractus. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|fractus}} Latin fractus Head templates: {{en-noun|fracti}} fractus (plural fracti)
  1. (meteorology) A cloud species which consists of broken shreds of cloud; scud. Wikipedia link: Fractus cloud Categories (topical): Clouds, Meteorology Derived forms: stratus fractus Related terms: fractocumulus, fractostratus

Inflected forms

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