Definition of Cumulus. Meaning of Cumulus. Synonyms of Cumulus

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Definition of Cumulus

Cumulus
Cumulus Cu"mu*lus (k?"m?-l?s), n.; pl. Cumuli (-l?). [L., a heap. See Cumber.] (Meteor.) One of the four principal forms of clouds. SeeCloud.

Meaning of Cumulus from wikipedia

- ****ulus clouds are clouds that have flat bases and are often described as puffy, cotton-like, or fluffy in appearance. Their name derives from the Latin...
- ****ulus humilis are ****uliform clouds with little vertical extent, common in the summer, that are often referred to as "fair weather ****ulus". If they...
- ****ulus Media, Inc. is a broadcasting company of the United States and is the second largest owner and operator of AM and FM radio stations in the United...
- ****ulus congestus or towering ****ulus clouds are a species of ****ulus that can be based in the low- to middle-height ranges. They achieve considerable...
- ****ulus Networks was a computer software company headquartered in Mountain View, California, US. The company designed and sold a Linux operating system...
- clouds, because of the similarity in appearance between a m**** of rock and ****ulus heap cloud. Over time, the metaphoric usage of the word supplanted the...
- Look up ****ulus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ****ulus is a type of cloud with the appearance of a lump of cotton wool. ****ulus may also refer to:...
- as high (cirro-, cirrus), middle (alto-), multi-level (nimbo-, ****ulo-, ****ulus), and low (strato-, stratus). These groupings are determined by the altitude...
- ****ulus mediocris is a low to middle level cloud with some vertical extent (Family D1) of the genus ****ulus, larger in vertical development than ****ulus...
- Project ****ulus was a 1950s UK government initiative to investigate weather mani****tion, in particular through cloud seeding experiments. Known jokingly...