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Definition of Cumulonimbus cloud
1. Noun. A dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity; associated with thunderstorms.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cumulonimbus Cloud
Literary usage of Cumulonimbus cloud
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Popular Science Monthly (1901)
"... temperature, and vapor tension In a lofty cumulonimbus cloud, observed by the
Weather Bureau, July 2», 18%. saturated vapor is passing into water at ..."
2. Handbook of Meteorology: A Manual for Cooperative Observers and Students by Jacques Wardlaw Redway (1921)
"The movement of the wind in a thunder-storm; A, base of cumulonimbus cloud; B,
ground level. A roll scud forms between the wind of updraught and that of a ..."
3. Modern Geography for High Schools by Rollin D. Salisbury, Harlan Harland Barrows, Walter Sheldon Tower (1913)
"The first indication of a thunder-storm is usually a large cumulonimbus cloud,
which, in the zone of the westerly winds, generally appears in the west. ..."
4. Modern Geography for High Schools by Rollin D. Salisbury, Harlan Harland Barrows, Walter Sheldon Tower (1913)
"The first indication of a thunder-storm is usually a large cumulonimbus cloud,
which, in the zone of the westerly winds, generally appears in the west. ..."
5. Volcanic Ash and Aviation Safety: Proceedings of the First International edited by T. J. Casadevall (1995)
"AC), analogous to a large cumulonimbus cloud. In the most energetic, high-intensity
eruption columns, the expansion is strongly radial, and spreading may ..."
6. Read & Understand Science Grades 4-6 by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Ana Shirazi, Delana Heidrich, Judith Herbst, Kathleen Simpson (2005)
"A huge flat-topped cumulonimbus cloud—a thundercloud, a cloud that makes tornadoes—
hung over Jake Dawson's fields like a UFO. The screen door creaked on ..."
7. Air Navigation: Notes and Examples by Stanton Freeland Card (1919)
"... or less suddenly to NW Frequently they are accompanied by thunderstorms.
Thunderstorms. Characteristics: An immense cumulonimbus cloud accompanied by ..."
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