"stratocumulus" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: stratocumuli [plural]
Etymology: From strato- + cumulus. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|strato|cumulus}} strato- + cumulus Head templates: {{en-noun|stratocumuli}} stratocumulus (plural stratocumuli)
  1. (meteorology) A principal low-level cloud type, predominantly stratiform, in the form of a gray and/or whitish layer or patch, which nearly always has dark parts and is nonfibrous. Categories (topical): Clouds, Meteorology Translations (cloud type): 層積雲 /层积云 (cang⁴ zik¹ wan⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 層積雲 /层积云 (céngjīyún) (Chinese Mandarin), kumpukerrospilvi (Finnish), stratocumulus [masculine] (French), stratocumulo [masculine] (Italian), 層積雲 (sōsekiun) (alt: そうせきうん) (Japanese), stratocumulus [masculine] (Latin), nubes stratocumula (Latin), слои́сто-кучева́я (sloísto-kučevája) [feminine] (Russian), estratocúmulo [masculine] (Spanish), stratokümülüs (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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