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∙ 15y agoCirrus is Latin for "curl of hair" and cumulus is Latin for "heaped." The word "nimbus" means cloud.
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∙ 12y agoThe Latin for a cloud is nubes or nebula; the plural forms are nubes (same as the singular) and nebulae.
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∙ 14y agoCirrocumulus
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∙ 12y agocirrus in latin is cirus
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What is the Latin word for curl?
Cirrus is the Latin wor meaning curl
What is the meaning of cirrus cloud?
cirrus means "wispy and swirly". It is probably Latin or Greek.
Latin meaning for cirrus clouds?
The Latin meaning of the word "cirrus" is "ringlets." It is used to describe wispy- or curly-looking thin, light gray or white clouds.
What Latin word related to clouds means wispy?
Cirrus. Cirrus clouds are wispy or curly. Cirrus means "wispy."
What does the Latin word cirrus mean?
Cirrus in Latin means curl or curly hair and describes wispy clouds.
What does the word cirrus mean in Latin?
Cirrus in Latin means curl or curly hair and describes wispy clouds.
How do you say cirrus in latin?
cirrus is pronounced with the c as an s ie. sirrus
Which Latin word means wispy?
A Roman would probably have used the word tenuis.The word "cirrus," used in English to describe wispy clouds, is from the Latin word cirrus, meaning "a tuft or curl [of hair]; a crest [of feathers]; a fringe [on clothing]." The corresponding Latin adjective is cirratus, "curly; fringed."
How do cirrus clouds get there name?
Cirrus: It's Latin for "curl." Cirrus clouds look like curls of white hair.
What clouds has mares tails?
Cirrus Uncinus - a name derived from Latin meaning 'curly hooks'. They are sparse in the sky and very thin..
What kinds of clouds are the kind that are high thin bumpy clouds?
These clouds are called "cirrus" which is derived from the Latin word meaning "curl". The clouds are made mostly of tiny ice crystals and form at altutudes above 8000 metres, where water vapour is scarce.
What does a cirrus mean?
Cirrus is latin for "curl of hair" and is used to describe wipsy curly clouds
