1) Altostratus 2) Cloud
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1) British rock music group 2) City in ancient Greece 3) Cloud 4) Cloud layer 5) Dodge sedan 6) Gray, horizontal cloud form 7) Low altitude cloud 8) Low cloud 9) Low cloud formation 10) Low cloud type 11) Low gray cloud 12) Low-altitude cloud 13) Low-altitude cloud formation 14) Low-hanging cloud 15) Low, extensive cloud
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Very flat low level clouds.
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(St) A principal low-level cloud type (cloud genus) in the form of a low-altitude, light to dark gray cloud layer with a rather uniform base. Stratus clouds are generally diffuse and dull. This cloud formation has little structure and looks like fog, except that it is above the ground. Stratus does not usually produce precipitation, but when it doe...
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• (n.) A form of clouds in which they are arranged in a horizontal band or layer. See Cloud.
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(from the article `atmosphere`) Stratiform clouds occur as saturated air is mechanically forced upward and remains colder than the surrounding clear air at the same height. In the ... ...feet), are cirrus, cirrocumulus, and cirrostratus. Middle clouds, 7 to 2 km (23,000 to 6,500 feet), are altocumulus and altostratus. Low clouds, 2 ... ...
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A flat, low, generally gray cloud layer with a fairly uniform base. Stratus may appear in the form of ragged patches, but otherwise does not exhibit individual cloud elements as do cumulus and stratocumulus clouds.
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Stra'tus noun [ Latin
stratus a spreading out, scattering, from
sternere ,
stratum , to spread.]
(Meteor.) A form of clouds in which they are arranged in a horizontal band or layer. See
Cloud .
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A grey low level cloud often giving drizzle.
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A principal cloud type, gray in color, present at low altitudes with a uniform base.
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[
n] - a large dark low cloud
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stratus 1. A low-lying flat gray cloud formation. 2. In meteorology, a principal cloud genus characterized by a gray layer having a relatively uniform base; often occurring in the form of ragged patches or fragments (stratus fractus) and usually composed of fairly widely dispersed water droplets; similar to stratocumulus, but lower and lacking the ...
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a principal low-level cloud type (cloud genus) in the form of a low-altitude, light to dark gray cloud layer with a rather uniform base; generally diffuse and dull; this cloud formation has little structure and looks like fog, except that it is above the ground, stratus does not usually produce precipitation, but when it does occur, it is in the f...
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cloud formation that blanket the sky and are low to the ground
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A fog-like layer of low cloud.
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stratus cloud noun a large dark low cloud
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The lowest clouds, generally found below 3000 metres altitude and often appearing as an overcast deck. Can also be found as scattered patches. Individual cloud elements have very ill-defined edges. Stratus is comes from the Latin word for 'layer.'
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a cloud of a class characterized by a gray, horizontal layer with a uniform base, found at a lower altitude than altostratus, usually below 8000 feet (2400 m).
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