"stratus" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈstɹeɪtəs/, /ˈstɹætəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stratus.wav [Southern-England] Forms: strati [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪtəs Etymology: Borrowed from Latin stratus. Doublet of strath. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|stratus}} Latin stratus, {{doublet|en|strath}} Doublet of strath, {{root|en|ine-pro|*sterh₃-}} Head templates: {{en-noun|-|strati}} stratus (usually uncountable, plural strati)
  1. (meteorology) A principal, low-level cloud type in the form of a gray layer with a rather uniform base, usually not associated with precipitation, and capable of producing corona phenomena and a weak, uniform luminance; abbreviated St. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Clouds, Meteorology Derived forms: stratus fractus Translations (cloud): слоест облак (sloest oblak) [masculine] (Bulgarian), estratus [masculine] (Catalan), estrat [masculine] (Catalan), 層雲 (Chinese Cantonese), 层云 (cang⁴ wan⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 層雲 (Chinese Mandarin), 层云 (céngyún) (Chinese Mandarin), sumupilvi (Finnish), þokuský [neuter] (Icelandic), lágský [neuter] (Icelandic), 層雲 (sōun) (alt: そううん) (Japanese), stratus [masculine] (Latin), nubes strata [feminine] (Latin), стратус (stratus) [masculine] (Macedonian), pūtahi (Maori), kupenga a Taramainuku (Maori), слои́стое облако (sloístoje) (Russian), estrato [masculine] (Spanish), saraying alapaap (Tagalog)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "cloud",
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      "sense": "cloud",
      "word": "層雲"
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      "sense": "cloud",
      "word": "层云"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "cloud",
      "word": "層雲"
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      "sense": "cloud",
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      "sense": "cloud",
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