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Traveling, you realize that differences are lost: each city takes to resembling all cities, places exchange their form, order, distances, a shapeless dust cloud invades the continents.
Italo Calvino

Meaning of "dust cloud" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DUST CLOUD

dust cloud  [dʌst klaʊd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DUST CLOUD

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Dust 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 DUST CLOUD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

dust cloud

Mineral dust

Mineral dust is a term used to indicate atmospheric aerosols originated from the suspension of minerals constituting the soil, being composed of various oxides and carbonates. Human activities lead to 30% of the dust load in the atmosphere. The Sahara is the major source of mineral dust, which subsequently spreads across the Mediterranean and Caribbean seas into northern South America, Central America, North America, and Europe. Additionally, it plays a significant role in the nutrient inflow to the Amazon rainforest. The Gobi Desert is another source of dust in the atmosphere, which affects eastern Asia and western North America.

Definition of dust cloud in the English dictionary

The definition of dust cloud in the dictionary is a large cloud of dust that hangs in the air.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DUST 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 DUST CLOUD

dust
dust and ashes
dust bag
dust bath
dust bowl
dust bunny
dust coat
dust cover
dust devil
dust down
dust explosion
dust jacket
dust mite
dust sheet
dust shot
dust storm
dust-bath
dust-to-dust
dust-up
dustbin

WORDS THAT END LIKE DUST CLOUD

anvil cloud
cumulus 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 dust cloud in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «dust cloud» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DUST CLOUD

Find out the translation of dust cloud to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dust 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 «dust cloud» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

尘埃云
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

nube de polvo
570 millions of speakers

English

dust cloud
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

धूल के बादल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سحابة الغبار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

облако пыли
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

nuvem de poeira
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ধুলো মেঘ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nuage de poussière
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Awan debu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Staubwolke
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

塵の雲
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

먼지 구름
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Awan debu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đám mây bụi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தூசி மேகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

धूळ मेघ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Toz bulutu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nube di polvere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

chmura pyłu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

хмара пилу
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nor de praf
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σύννεφο σκόνης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stofwolk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dammoln
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

støvsky
5 millions of speakers

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

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QUOTES WITH «DUST CLOUD»

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Italo Calvino
Traveling, you realize that differences are lost: each city takes to resembling all cities, places exchange their form, order, distances, a shapeless dust cloud invades the continents.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DUST CLOUD»

Discover the use of dust cloud in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dust cloud and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud
This book is Brian s thesis, and as such presents the results of his research for astronomers.
Brian May, 2008
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Desert Dust: Origin, Characteristics, and Effect on Man
The dust cloud had evidently moved still further south and then turned to the east, because three stations at the extreme south of the Loess Plateau (none in the center), as well as one in Korea and one at Cheju Island, just south of Korea, ...
Troy Lewis Péwé, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1981
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City of Dust: Illness, Arrogance, and 9/11
The dust that was the World Trade Center has changed everything it touched. This is the story of that dust, the 9/11 disaster after the disaster, and what it tells us about ourselves and our future.
Anthony DePalma, 2010
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Review of literature related to engineering aspects of grain ...
For idealized geometries, it is possible to numerically solve the partial differential equations that describe the interaction of a dust cloud with an ignition source and the combustion wave, which might subsequently occur (Tanaka 1977, Smoot ...
David F. Aldis, Fang S. Lai, United States. Science and Education Administration, 1979
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Electrical Installations in Hazardous Areas
The ignition energy of a dust cloud can be determined by dispersing dust suspended in a cloud, in air which is inside a tube and then introducing an ignition source. Some figures for this are given in Table 6.2. While this has been done for a ...
Alan McMillan, 1998
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Industrial Dust Explosions: Symposium on Industrial Dust ...
ABSTRACT: Industrial dust explosions typically occur in a sequence — a primary explosion in a predispersed dust cloud followed by one or more secondary explosions. The convective flow induced by the primary explosion disperses the ...
Kenneth L. Cashdollar, Martin Hertzberg, 1987
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Dust Explosions in the Process Industries: Identification, ...
1.3.9 COMBUSTIBLE GAS OR VAPOR MIXED WITH A DUST CLOUD (“HYBRID” MIXTURES) It is not clear who was the first researcher to study the influence of comparatively small amounts of combustible gas or vapor on the ignitability and ...
Rolf Eckhoff, 2003
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Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology and Ancient Environments
The magnitude and even the sign of the direct radiative dust forcing is uncertain; it depends on the optical properties of the dust, cloud cover, and the albedo of the underlying surface (Liao and Seinfeld, 1998). The presence of dust may alter ...
Vivien Gornitz, 2009
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Solar and Extra-Solar Planetary Systems: Lectures Held at ...
The activity of comets and the collisional evolution of asteroids, meteorites and possibly Kuiper belt objects lead to the formation of a second generation dust cloud, called the zodiacal cloud in our solar system. Similar dust debris clouds, ...
I.P. Williams, N. Thomas, 2001
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Interstellar Dust and Related Topics: International ...
Detailed measurements have been made of the H, OH and H2CO lines formed in the L1534 dense dust cloud; some H and H2CO observations have been made of the dust cloud lying behind the Orion cluster. These indicate a similar ...
Jerome Mayo Greenberg, Hendrik Christoffel Hulst, 1973

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DUST CLOUD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dust cloud is used in the context of the following news items.
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Particles from Saharan dust cloud over Houston pose hazards to …
These clouds are concentrated about 10,000 feet off the ground. They do thin out as they cross the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the ... «KTRK-TV, Jul 15»
2
Did American volcanoes trigger fall of Roman Empire?
On March 24 536AD the sky suddenly darkened across continental Europe as a thick dust cloud rolled in and stayed put for 18 months. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
Volcanic ash halts Bali-Australia flights
Passengers travelling between Australia and Bali will have to wait and see if their flights take off as a volcanic dust cloud invades the ... «Sky News Australia, Jul 15»
4
US volcanoes drove decline of Byzantines
London: On March 24, 536, the sky suddenly darkened across continental Europe as a thick dust cloud rolled in and stayed put for 18 months. «gulfnews.com, Jul 15»
5
Deputy Bitten by Poice Dog while Arresting Kimberly Man
... near a house on 4000 N. The owner said he heard tires spinning and came out to see a large dust cloud and gravel thrown onto his yard. «Twin Falls Times-News, Jul 15»
6
Hot young stars at the edge of the Milky Way
Open star clusters are thought to comprise stars that were all formed at the same time and out of the same molecular gas and dust cloud. «ABC Science Online, Jul 15»
7
African dust blows into Houston, more on the way
Another dust cloud from Africa is here, traveling 5,000 miles across the Atlantic basin to Texas, and even more are on the way. Global weather ... «KTRK-TV, Jul 15»
8
Planetary science: Sink holes and dust jets on comet 67P
Comets therefore retain a physical and chemical record of the conditions and materials in the solar nebula — the gas and dust cloud out of ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
9
Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard: Outlaws, Legends and Friends
Haggard laughs a dust cloud of red dirt, hard life and light. It rolls down the phone line like a tumble weed. Cagey even at 78, he's not beyond a ... «Paste Magazine, Jul 15»
10
How to look and smell your best during the heatwave
... provide about as much fun as a grooming tool can, creating a dust cloud of skin cells that's as childishly fascinating as it is utterly disgusting. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»

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