Lexic.us

Definition of Stratus

1. Noun. A large dark low cloud.

Definition of Stratus

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

Definition of Stratus

1. Noun. (meteorology) 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; abbreviated '''''S'''t''. ¹

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Definition of Stratus

1. a type of cloud [n -TI]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stratus

Literary usage of Stratus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Weather: A Popular Exposition of the Nature of Weather Changes from Day to Day by Ralph Abercromby (1887)
"stratus. We now come to the second variety of clouds, to which the name of stratus is applied, because it always lies in a thin horizontal ..."

2. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1868)
"Cirro-stratus, or vane-cloud, consists of long, thin, horizontal clouds, with bent, or undulated edges. It often resembles shoals of fish, or has a barred ..."

3. Cloud Studies by Arthur William Clayden (1905)
"which is partly hidden behind some dark patches of broken alto-stratus ... A lower and coarser form of the spotted alto- stratus is shown in Plate 31, ..."

4. Elements of Meteorology: With Questions for Examination, Designed for by John Brocklesby (1851)
"CUMULO-stratus. The variety of cloud to which this name is given, combines the characteristics of the cumulus and stratus. Its base consists of a horizontal ..."

5. Elements of Meteorology: With Questions for Examination, Designed for by John Brocklesby (1851)
"CUMULO-stratus. The variety of cloud to which this name is given, combines the characteristics of the cumulus and stratus. Its base consists of a horizontal ..."

6. Elements of Meteorology: With Questions for Examination :designed for by John Brocklesby (1850)
"CUMULO-stratus. The variety of cloud to which this name is given, combines the characteristics of the cumulus and stratus. Its base consists of a horizontal ..."

7. Elements of Meteorology: With Questions for Examination, Designed for by John Brocklesby (1859)
"CUMULO-stratus. The variety of cloud to which this name is given, combines the characteristics of the cumulus and stratus. Its base consists of a horizontal ..."

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