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cumulus

 
Dictionary: cu·mu·lus   (kyūm'yə-ləs) pronunciation
n., pl., -li (-lī').
  1. A dense, white, fluffy, flat-based cloud with a multiple rounded top and a well-defined outline, usually formed by the ascent of thermally unstable air masses.
  2. A pile, mound, or heap.

[Latin, heap.]


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Thesaurus: cumulus
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noun

    A group of things gathered haphazardly: agglomeration, bank, drift, heap, hill, mass, mess, mound, mountain, pile, shock, stack, tumble. See order/disorder.

Geography Dictionary: cumulus
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An immense, heaped cloud with a rounded, white crown and a low, flat, horizontal base, extending as high as 5000 m. Updraughts within the cloud are strong—up to 10 m s-1, and cloud growth is often rapid, through entrainment and the saturation of surrounding air. Cumulus congestus is a swelling, small cumulus which often becomes cumulo-nimbus.

Pl. cumuli [L.] a small elevation.

  • c. oophorus — a mass of follicular cells surrounding the ovum in the vesicular ovarian follicle. Called also discus oophorus, discus ovigerous, discus proligerous.
Translations: Cumulus
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kumulussky

Nederlands (Dutch)
stapelwolk

Français (French)
n. - cumulus

Deutsch (German)
n. - Kumuluswolke

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μετεωρ.) σωρείτης

Italiano (Italian)
cumulo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cúmulo (m)

Русский (Russian)
куча, кучевые облака

Español (Spanish)
n. - cúmulo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - stackmoln

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
积云, 堆积

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 積雲, 堆積

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 퇴적

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 積雲

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) سحب متراكمه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ערימת עננים, ענן-ערימה‬


 
 

 

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