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Definition of Nimbuses

Nimbuses
Nimbus Nim"bus, n.; pl. L. Nimbi, E. Nimbuses. [L., a rain storm, a rain cloud, the cloudshaped which enveloped the gods when they appeared on earth.] 1. (Fine Arts) A circle, or disk, or any indication of radiant light around the heads of divinities, saints, and sovereigns, upon medals, pictures, etc.; a halo. See Aureola, and Glory, n., 5. Note: ``The nimbus is of pagan origin.' ``As an atribute of power, the nimbus is often seen attached to the heads of evil spirits.' --Fairholl. 2. (Meteor.) A rain cloud; one of the four principal varieties of clouds. See Cloud.

Meaning of Nimbuses from wikipedia

- Look up nimbus or Nimbus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Nimbus, from the Latin for "dark cloud", is an outdated term for the type of cloud now classified...
- operate public transport in first Guernsey and then Jersey, with all of the Nimbuses in Guernsey and 31 of the Jersey examples continuing in use with CT Plus...
- Nimbus Communications Limited was an Indian media and entertainment company, and sports broadcaster, known for its Neo Prime and Neo Sports channels. It...
- Nimbus Sans is a sans-serif typeface created by URW++, based on Helvetica. It is a version using URW++ font source. The family supports Western Europe...
- Nimbus 7 (also called Nimbus G) was a meteorological satellite. It was the seventh and last in a series of the Nimbus program. Nimbus 7 was launched on...
- Project Nimbus (Hebrew: פרויקט נימבוס) is a cloud computing project of the Israeli government and its military. The Israeli Finance Ministry announced...
- ****ulonimbus (from Latin ****ulus 'swell' and nimbus 'cloud') is a dense, towering, vertical cloud, typically forming from water vapor condensing in the...
- precipitation over a wide area. The prefix nimbo- comes from the Latin word nimbus, which denotes "dark cloud". Downward-growing nimbostratus can have the...
- Nimbus Star); the provision of training and advisory ****istance for land and water explosive ordnance clearance for Egyptian forces (Operation Nimbus...
- 1823) Nimbus anyerae (Ruiz, 1998) Nimbus cartalinius (Olsoufieff, 1918) Nimbus contaminatus (Herbst, 1783) Nimbus franzinii (Pittino, 1978) Nimbus harpagonis...