Stratus

[streitәs]

Definition

(noun.) a large dark low cloud.

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Definition

(n.) A form of clouds in which they are arranged in a horizontal band or layer. See Cloud.

Checker: Nellie

Definition

n. the fall or night-cloud the lowest of clouds a widely-extended horizontal sheet of varied thickness.—ns. Strā′to-cir′rus better Cirro-stratus (see Cirrus); Strā′to-cū′mulus better Cumulo-stratus (see Cumulus).

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