Dictionary:

nimbus

  (nĭm'bəs)

1. A cloudy radiance said to surround a classical deity when on earth.
2. A radiant light that appears usually in the form of a circle or halo about or over the head in the representation of a god, demigod, saint, or sacred person such as a king or an emperor.
3. A splendid atmosphere or aura, as of glamour, that surrounds a person or thing.
4. A rain cloud, especially a low dark layer of clouds such as a nimbostratus.

[Latin, cloud.]

A halo or disk of light surrounding the head in representations of divine and sacred personages.

Nimbus may mean:

• Nimbus cloud, Nimbus is a Latin word meaning cloud or rain storm
• Halo (optical phenomenon), light or mist around an object
• Halo (religious iconography), the disk or ring around the head of a sacred figure

In science & engineering

• Bristol Siddeley Nimbus a turboshaft engine for helicopters
• The Nimbus series of sailplanes built by Schempp-Hirth
• The name of a British Railways Type 55 Deltic Class Co-Co diesel-electric locomotive, numbered D9020 (later 55020)
• Nimbus (motorcycle)
• Nimbus program, spacecraft used for weather research
• Nimbus (cipher), an encryption algorithm
• Nimbus (computer), a computer manufactured by Research Machines, based on the Intel 80186 CPU, and with some level of IBM PC compatibility
• Nimbus (boat), Swedish boat-manufacturer located in Gothenburg. www.nimbus.se
• Nimbus (look and feel), a cross-platform look and feel being developed by Sun Microsystems
• Nimbus (toothbrush), an ultra-soft toothbrush, designed by a periodontist

In culture

• Nimbus Records, a compact disc company that featured both modern classical recordings and a section called Prima Voce, which was devoted to historical recordings of classical music.
• Nimbus Brewing Company, a microbrewery in Tucson, Arizona
• Nimbus Broadcasting Corporation, in India

In fiction

• The Flying Nimbus cloud from the Dragon Ball Series.
• Nimbus, a DC Comics character formerly known as the Omega Men member Felicity
• Nimbus The name of the spaceship commanded by Zapp Brannigan on the futuristic animated series Futurama
• Nimbus, fictional broomsticks from the Harry Potter series
• The Mist, a DC Comics supervillain, who briefly went by the name Nimbus

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - nimbus, glorie

Nederlands (Dutch)
stralenkrans, regenwolk, nimbus

Français (French)
n. - (Météo) nimbus, nimbe

Deutsch (German)
n. - Nimbus, graue Regenwolke, Heiligenschein, Strahlenkranz

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - φωτοστέφανος, άλως, (μετεωρ.) μελανίας

Italiano (Italian)
nembo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - nimbo (m), auréola (f)

Русский (Russian)
нимб, ореол

Español (Spanish)
n. - nimbo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - gloria, nimbus, regnmoln

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
幻云, 光环, 雨云

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 幻雲, 光環, 雨雲

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (종교화)후광, 분위기, 매력, 비구름

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 後光, 頭光, 気韻, ニンバス, 乱雲, 雨雲, 光雲, 雰囲気

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) هاله نورانيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עטרת-אור, הילה, ענני-צעיף, ענן קודר, ענן-גשם‬

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