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PRONUNCIATION OF CUMULUS CLOUD

cumulus cloud  [ˈkjuːmjʊləs klaʊd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CUMULUS CLOUD

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Cumulus cloud is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CUMULUS CLOUD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

cumulus cloud

Cumulus cloud

Cumulus clouds are a genus-type of low-level cloud that can have noticeable vertical development and clearly defined edges. Cumulo- means "heap" or "pile" in Latin. They are often described as "puffy" or "cotton-like" in appearance, and generally have flat bases. Cumulus clouds, being low-stage clouds, are generally less than 2,000 metres in altitude unless they are the more vertical cumulus congestus form. Cumulus clouds may appear by themselves, in lines, or in clusters. Cumulus clouds are often precursors of other types of cloud, such as cumulonimbus, when influenced by weather factors such as instability, moisture, and temperature gradient. Normally, cumulus clouds produce little or no precipitation, but they can grow into the precipitation-bearing congestus or cumulonimbus clouds. Cumulus clouds can be formed from water vapor, supercooled water droplets, or ice crystals, depending upon the ambient temperature. They come in many distinct subforms, and generally cool the earth by reflecting the incoming solar radiation. Cumulus clouds are part of the larger category of free-convective cumuliform clouds, which include cumulonimbus clouds.

Definition of cumulus cloud in the English dictionary

The definition of cumulus cloud in the dictionary is a bulbous or billowing white or dark grey cloud associated with rising air currents.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CUMULUS CLOUD


aloud
əˈlaʊd
becloud
bɪˈklaʊd
cloud
klaʊd
encloud
ɪnˈklaʊd
loud
laʊd
Macleod
məˈklaʊd
overcloud
ˌəʊvəˈklaʊd
overloud
ˌəʊvəˈlaʊd
thundercloud
ˈθʌndəˌklaʊd
unallowed
ˌʌnəˈlaʊd
uncloud
ʌnˈklaʊd
unploughed
ʌnˈplaʊd
unplowed
ʌnˈplaʊd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CUMULUS CLOUD

cumulate
cumulately
cumulation
cumulative
cumulative distribution function
cumulative evidence
cumulative voting
cumulatively
cumulativeness
cumulet
cumuli
cumuliform
cumulonimbi
cumulonimbus
cumulose
cumulostrati
cumulostratus
cumulous
cumulus
cunabula

WORDS THAT END LIKE CUMULUS CLOUD

anvil cloud
dust cloud
for crying out loud
fractocumulus cloud
funnel cloud
Magellanic Cloud
molecular cloud
mushroom cloud
Oort cloud
out loud
rain cloud
Saint-Cloud
storm cloud
under a cloud

Synonyms and antonyms of cumulus cloud in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «cumulus cloud» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CUMULUS CLOUD

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The translations of cumulus cloud from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cumulus cloud» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

积雨云
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cúmulo
570 millions of speakers

English

cumulus cloud
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मेघपुंज बादल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سحابة الركام.
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кучевые облака
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Cúmulo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মেঘের মেঘ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cumulus
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Awan kumulus
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kumuluswolke
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

積雲
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

운 구름
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cumulus awan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cumulus điện toán đám mây
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கூட்டல் மேகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ढग ढग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kümülüs bulutu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Cumulo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cumulus
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

купчасті хмари
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cumulus nor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πυκνό σύννεφο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

cumuluswolk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cumulus moln
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cumulus sky
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cumulus cloud

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CUMULUS CLOUD»

The term «cumulus cloud» is normally little used and occupies the 112.645 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CUMULUS CLOUD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cumulus cloud

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CUMULUS CLOUD»

Discover the use of cumulus cloud in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cumulus cloud and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Christopher and Cumulus Cloud
When Christopher is left alone while the older children are in school, he makes friends with Fluffy the cloud, otherwise known as Cicero Cumulus, who is in the same situation.
Fred D. Hill, 1990
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Wilderness Camping & Hiking
/v Ti iuixii> Mature 40.000 feet 12km Towering Cumulus Cloud Young 32T 3-5 miles 5-10 miles Young - Growing: All thunderstorms grow from cumulus clouds. As the cumulus clouds grow taller and larger, they develop a dense nonfibrous ...
Paul Tawrell, 2008
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The Physics and Parameterization of Moist Atmospheric Convection
Most of the convective updrafts in the subcloud layer do not have sufficient inertia and buoyancy to penetrate through the weak stable layer near cloud base and form cumulus cloud updrafts; this is indicated by separating the branch of the ...
R.K. Smith, 1997
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Meteorology Today: An Introduction to Weather, Climate, and ...
However, after the wat er drops evaporate, the air is mor e moist than before. So the rising air is now able to condense at successively higher levels, and the cumulus cloud grows taller, often appearing as a rising dome or tower. As the cloud ...
C. Donald Ahrens, Peter Lawrence Jackson, Christine E. J. Jackson, 2012
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Meteorology
... moderate development and heaped into cauliflower shapes • Cumulus fractus – ragged detached portions of cumulus cloud • Cumulus humilis - small, low, flattened cumulus, early development • Cumulus mediocris - medium-sized cumulus ...
By Wikipedians
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Tropical Montane Cloud Forests: Science for Conservation and ...
The 250-m data were used to map the locations of the cumulus cloud fields and the orographic cloud deck at a finer spatial resolution than available from GOES. In addition, the 1-km MODIS data can be used to retrieve the effective radius of ...
L. A. Bruijnzeel, F. N. Scatena, L. S. Hamilton, 2011
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Monthly Weather Review
A cumulus cloud is easy to get, but how many really good photos have you seen of change cirrus, mammato- oumulus, or scarf cloud ? These are a few samples of the. big game which it pays to go after, and to be able to exhibit a good ...
8
Atmospheric Science: An Introductory Survey
tent, and (c) droplet size spectra at points 1, 2, and 3 in (b), measured from an aircraft as it flew in a horizontal track across the width and about half-way between the cloud base and cloud top in a small, warm, nonraining cumulus cloud.
John M. Wallace, Peter V. Hobbs, 2006
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Contemporary Russian: Contemporary Russian Translation Guide ...
Кучево дождевых (noun) - Cumulo-nimbus, thunderstorm cloud кучевого (adjv) - cumulus, cumuli-formed, cotton-balled, heaped, congested, cumulus-related кучевого облака (noun) - cumulus cloud, cumuliformed cloud кучевое (adjv) ...
L L Downing, 2013
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Notes and Queries: A Medium of Intercommunication for ...
The Cumulus cloud forms from below. The invisible vapour of the lower atmosphere is condensed, parts with its thousand degrees of latent heat, which rush upwards, forcing the vapour into the vast hemispherical hea s of snowy, glittering ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CUMULUS CLOUD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cumulus cloud is used in the context of the following news items.
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Joe's Weather Blog: More dry time than not (SAT-6/27)
The latest satellite picture from the afternoon shows a large field of cumulus cloud development through the Plains region. The sounding this ... «fox4kc.com, Jun 15»
2
Summer hits stride, cooler by the lake
The result is not only cooler temperatures, but suppressed cumulus cloud formation as cold air pushing inland kills updrafts that form cumulus ... «Minnesota Public Radio News, Jun 15»
3
Stormy weather 'three-peat' for WAFB viewing area
... it is generated by static electrical charges produced as ice and water pass and collide in the cumulus cloud. More ice means more lightning.). «WAFB.com, Jun 15»
4
“Crown Flash” Light Plume Freaks Out Bicyclist ... Understandably
What's happening here is a wispy cirrus cloud, made up of ice crystals, is being impinged upon from below by a rising cumulus cloud. If the ice ... «Slate Magazine, Jun 15»
5
Tahoe weather wonder still amazing after 17 years
The spouts, Golden said, were spawned by a rapidly building cumulus cloud line associated with an upper-level trough that had developed ... «Reno Gazette Journal, Jun 15»
6
It's waterspout season
... warm water and some sort of boundary on the water where winds come together at a certain point and if that coincides with a cumulus cloud.". «Tallahassee.com, Jun 15»
7
DC area forecast: Muggy summer warmth and storm chances …
Towering cumulus cloud over Washington, D.C. May 27 (John Sonderman via Flickr). A LOOK AHEAD. Saturday partly to mostly cloudy skies ... «Washington Post, May 15»
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PHOTOS: 'Fire Rainbows' Over Windsor's Afternoon Skies
The effect is usually seen when a cumulus cloud, moving upward, pushes the air layers above it higher and higher. As the air gets pushed ... «windsoriteDOTca News, May 15»
9
The 12 types of clouds you meet in the spring and summer
If the sky looks like the opening sequence of "The Simpsons," you're looking at classic cumulus cloud formations. Normally, cumulus clouds by ... «The Weather Network, May 15»
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Advanced design to represent cloud turbulence improves …
Stratocumulus clouds blanket large expanses of the subtropical oceans. They have a strong regulating influence on the amount of solar energy ... «Phys.Org, May 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Cumulus cloud [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/cumulus-cloud>. May 2024 ».
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