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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: St
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a large dark low cloud
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: stratus cloud
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cloud
Narrower terms: altostratus, altostratus cloud
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ster- Proto-Indo-European *sterh3- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *str̥h3tós Proto-Italic *strātos Latin stratuslbor. English stratus Learned borrowing from Latin strātus (“spread or stretched out”). Coined by the British chemist and amateur meteorologist Luke Howard (1772–1864): see the 1803 quotation. Doublet of strath.
Across languages
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
