cirrus
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- noun
- /ˈsɪrəs/
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- As evening approached, the horizon was painted with delicate cirrus clouds reflecting shades of orange and pink.
- cirrus clouds
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Cirrus clouds have been observed up to 100 hPa and into the stratosphere.
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During the flight, we could see cirrus clouds high above, indicating fair weather ahead.
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The high cirrus sifted to pink and gray; no rain there.
Fiction book (1990) -
We have vertical walls of cirrus cloud formations.
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The trails of light in the sky, which flickered above him, were little feathers of high cirrus with orange.
Fiction book (1999) -
The sky is blue, with few high cirrus clouds so motionless they seem pasted on.
Fiction book (2000) -
The sun had broken through the cirrus in the west, and silver light flew down through a swale of aspens on the far side of the reservoir.
Fiction book (1995) -
She looks up through the bare trees, and there are high cirrus clouds, brightly white against the palest blue imaginable.
Fiction book (1995) -
The water was frigid and the color of glass, and cirrus clouds were indistinct chalky streaks in a fading sky.
Fiction book (1999) -
The sky was filled with thin, wispy cirrus clouds that glimmered in the sunlight.
Synonyms
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A group of tiny water drops or ice high in the sky
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A thin, high cloud made of tiny bits of ice that looks like white streaks in the sky
A long thin white cloud high in the sky that looks like a horse's tail
Compounds
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A thin, high cloud made of tiny bits of ice that looks like white streaks in the sky
How Thin
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Cirrus comes from the Latin word cirrus meaning 'a curl' or 'a lock of hair'. The thin, wispy white clouds look like high, white curls in the sky, so weather experts call those feathery clouds cirrus.