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Cirrostratus

Definition: Cirrostratus

Cirrostratus

Noun

1. A thin uniform layer of hazy cloud at high altitude.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definitions: Cirrostratus

DomainDefinitions

Geography

Transparent, whitish cloud veil of fibrous (hair-like) or smooth appearance, totally or partly covering the sky, and generally producing halo phenomena. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Cirrostratus

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

CIRROSTRATUS

GreekθυσσανόστρωμαGeography

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonym: Cirrostratus

Synonym: cirrostratus cloud (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Cirrostratus

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Bubble

Cloud, vapor, fog, mist, haze, steam, geyser; scud, messenger, rack, nimbus; cumulus, woolpack, cirrus, stratus; cirrostratus, cumulostratus; cirrocumulus; mackerel sky, mare's tale, dirty sky; curl cloud; frost smoke; thunderhead.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Cirrostratus

English words defined with "cirrostratus": cirrostratus cloud. (references)
Specialty definitions using "cirrostratus": cloudsfibratushigh cloud, high-level cloudnebulosus. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Cirrostratus" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Hungarian (cirro-stratus, cs).

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Expression: Cirrostratus

Expression using "cirrostratus": cirrostratus cloud. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Cirrostratus

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

cirrostratus cloud

4

cirrostratus

3

cirrostratus cloud picture

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Cirrostratus

Language Translations for "cirrostratus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

Cs (convergence sublayer), cirrostratus. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

cirrostratus. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

cirrostratus, harsopilvi. (various references)

   

French

  

CS, cirrostratus. (various references)

   

German

  

CS (cycloserine), Cirrostratus, Zirrostratus, Schleierwolke. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

CIRROSTRATUS, θυσσανόστρωμα. (various references)

   

Italian

  

cirrostrato. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

絹層雲 (cirrostratus cloud), 巻層雲 (cirrostratus cloud). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

け"そうう" (cirrostratus cloud). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

irrostratuscay

   

Portuguese

  

cirrostrato. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

Cs (convergence sublayer), cirrostratus, cirrostrato. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

cirrostratus, slöjmoln. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Cirrostratus

Misspellings

"Cirrostratus" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: christatus, serostatus. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Cirrostratus

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-i-o-r-r-r-s-s-t-t-u"

-1 letter: rusticators.

-2 letters: rusticator.

-3 letters: sartorius.

-4 letters: astricts, citators, corsairs, critturs, curators, outcasts, ricottas, sautoirs, scarious, stratous, surcoats, tourists, tractors, traitors, trustors, turistas.

-5 letters: aorists, aristos, artists, assuror, astrict, aurists, carious, carrots, castors, casuist, cirrous, citator, citrous, corsair, costars, cottars, crittur, cuirass, curaris, curator, curiosa, cursors, ouraris, outacts, outcast, outsits, racists, ricotta, rustics, sacrist, sarcous, sartors.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Cirrostratus


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 69 72 72 6F 73 74 72 61 74 75 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.-.    ..    .-.    .-.    ---    ...    -    .-.    .-    -    ..-    ...

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01101001 01110010 01110010 01101111 01110011 01110100 01110010 01100001 01110100 01110101 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#105 &#114 &#114 &#111 &#115 &#116 &#114 &#97 &#116 &#117 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0069 0072 0072 006F 0073 0074 0072 0061 0074 0075 0073

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

377584848185868467868785

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Cirrostratus"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Danish

ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelsetanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, dinamarquês, danés, dansk

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatiehollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, holandês, holandés, holländsk

Finnish

määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutossuomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finlandese, finlandês, finês, finlandés, finés, finsk

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , francês, francés, fransk, franska

German

Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definitiontysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , alemão, alemán, tysk

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφρασηgræker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", grego, griego, grek

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzioneitaliener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano, italiensk, italienska, italienare

Japanese Kanji

辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, japonés, japansk

Japanese Katakana

じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょjapanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, japonés, japansk

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, traduçãoportugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", português, portugués, portugis

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónSpaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , espanhol, español, spanska språk, spansk

Swedish

ordbok, lexikon, översättningZweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", sueco, svensk

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationenglantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, inglês, inglés, engelsk
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Abbreviations
8. Acronyms
9. Derivations
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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