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Cumulus in Latin means: heap. In English, this word means: a cloud, made up of round heaps
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 15y agoIt means column rain. See the related link for more information.
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∙ 9y agoThe word "cumulus" is a term in meteorology and science used to describe round, puffy clouds with flat bottoms. The word actually come from Latin origin, where it literally means "heap".
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∙ 12y agoIt comes from the combination of two separate words, cumulus, which means a heap or pile, and nimbus, which means cloud.
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∙ 7y agoLatin cumulus "a heap, pile, mass, surplus"
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∙ 10y agoCumulus, -i, m: heap, pile
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∙ 12y agoHeap, pile; summit.
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What Latin word is related to clouds and means rain?
Nimbus is Latin for rainstorm, as in Cumulonimbus
Does cumulonimbus mean volcano?
No. Cumulonimbus clouds are what form thunderstorms.
What does the cumulonimbus name come from?
The word cumulonimbus comes from two Latin words "cumulus" and "nimbus." The Latin word "cumulus" means "heap" while the Latin word "nimubs" means "rainstorm." Cumulus means "heaped" and "nimbus" means rain, so a heaped cloud producing rain (in the form of showers).
What clouds are associated with thundering and lightning?
cumulonimbus cloud
What kind of weather does a cumulonimbus cloud mean?
H20 is getting evaporated and it forms thick cumulonimbus clouds. there could be rain or thunderstorm. It is very hard to tell the weather.
What sentence can you use for cumulonimbus?
the clouds are cumulonimbus clouds
Clouds that bring thunderstorms are?
cumulonimbus clouds
What are severe thunderstorm clouds called?
Cumulonimbus
What are cumulonimbus tornadoes?
There is no such thing as a cumulonimbus tornado. A cumulonimbus cloud is a ver large towering cloud. Most thunderstorms are cumulonimbus clouds, and some of the strongest of these storms are what produce tornadoes.
What weather is made by cumulonimbus clouds?
Cumulonimbus are the clouds of thunderstorms.
What does cumulonimbus clouds produce?
A cumulonimbus cloud produces rain.
What produced cumulonimbus clouds?
A cumulonimbus cloud produces rain.
