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Definition: Mushroom Cloud |
Mushroom CloudNoun1. A large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Mushroom CloudSynonyms: mushroom (n), mushroom-shaped cloud (n). (additional references) |
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Mushroom clouds form as a result of the sudden formation of a large mass of hot low-density gasses near the ground. The mass of gas rises rapidly, resulting in turbulent vortices curling downward around its edges and drawing up a column of additional smoke and debris in the center to form its "stem". The mass of gas eventually reaches an altitude where it is no longer less dense than the surrounding air and disperses, the debris drawn upward from the ground scattering and drifting back down (see fallout).
The largest mushroom clouds to be photographed resulted from the impact of fragments of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 on the planet Jupiter, some of which rose hundreds of kilometers above the cloud layers.
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Lyrics | A magic mushroom cloud of care (I Did It; performing artist: Dave Matthews Band) | |
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| Language | Translations for "mushroom cloud"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Czech | atomový mrak, atomový hřib. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | atompilz. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | gombafelhõ, gomba alakú felhő. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 茸雲 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | きの"ぐも. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ushroommay oudclay nuklearna pečurka. (various references) atom bombası bulutu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-h-l-m-m-o-o-o-r-s-u-u" | |
-5 letters: chlorous, chromous, dolorous, hoodlums, humdrums, humorous, mudrooms, mushroom. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01110101 01110011 01101000 01110010 01101111 01101111 01101101 00100000 01000011 01101100 01101111 01110101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M u s h r o o m   C l o u d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0075 0073 0068 0072 006F 006F 006D 0043 006C 006F 0075 0064 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)478785748481817923778818770 |
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