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nimbostratus

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English

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Pronunciation

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Nimbostratus has very few features.

Noun

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nimbostratus (plural nimbostrati)

  1. (meteorology) According to the World Meteorological Organization, a mid-level, principal cloud type, generally formless and dark grey in colour, which forms from altostratus occurring in layers at the middle altitude of the troposphere (usually above 2400 metres). Nimbostratus usually brings precipitation as the mid-level clouds thicken and subside into the low level of the troposphere. Frontal or cyclonic lift can also carry the top of a deep nimbostratus layer into the high levels of the troposphere. Also classified or characterized as multi-level; abbreviated Ns.

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin nimbostratus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnimboˌstrɑtus/, [ˈnimbo̞ˌs̠trɑ̝t̪us̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑtus
  • Hyphenation(key): nimbo‧stratus, nim‧bost‧ra‧tus

Noun

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nimbostratus

  1. Synonym of laaja sadepilvi (nimbostratus)

Declension

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Possessive forms of nimbostratus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French nimbo-stratus.

Noun

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nimbostratus m (uncountable)

  1. nimbostratus

Declension

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singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative nimbostratus nimbostratusul
genitive-dative nimbostratus nimbostratusului
vocative nimbostratusule