10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLOCCUS»
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floccus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
floccus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Weather Identification Handbook
Altocumulus floccus consists of small individual, more-or-less rounded tufts of
cloud with ragged bases or trailing virga. They often appear in considerable
numbers, giving an extremely striking appearance to the sky. Although normally
quite ...
2
Bibliotheca Sunderlandiana: Sale Catalogue of the Truly ...
París, 1691-1720 4582 [Floccus (Andr. Dom.)] Florenünus. Fcnestellœ de
ltomanorum Magistratibus (56 ll.) old calf sm. 4to. (abarque nota.) 4583 Floccus.
Aliud exemplar, bound in old blue morocco, with ornamental borders and
centrepíeces ...
Charles Spencer Earl of Sunderland, 1881
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A Dictionary of Scientific Terms, Pronunciation, Derivation, ...
[L. floccus, a lock of wool.] Covered with wool-like tufts. floccular (flök'ülär) a. [L.
floccus, lock of wool.] Pert. the flocculus (anat). flocculence (flökulëns) n. [L.
floccus, lock of wool.] Adhesion in small flakes, as of a precipitant (phys.).
flocculent ...
Isabella Ferguson Henderson, William Dawson Henderson, 1920
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The New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of Medicine and the ...
FLEXURE— FLOCCUS. FLOG— FLORES. FLORES. FLORES. PLORES.
FLORESCENCE— FLORET, SAINT. FLOPUBUNDOUS— FLOUR. T. co'U S
roma'num. The sigmoid flexure of colon, from its resemblance to the lioman
capital letter 8.
New Sydenham Society, Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, 1882
Metasoma tessellate, impunctate, dull or slightly shiny; trochanteral floccus
complete, well developed .... A. (Andrena s. str.) — . Metasoma smooth and/or
distinctly punctate, if tessellate and impunctate, then trochanteral floccus
incomplete and ...
Charles Duncan Michener, 2000
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Lexilogus ; Or a critical examination of the meaning and ...
For as a lock (floccus) of that which comes from the body of the sheep is wool, so
a lock of that which comes from -the flax-plant is nothing more than flax; and as
the wool is often mentioned instead of the cloth made from it, so Hvoio aatog ...
Philipp Buttmann, Fishlake, 1861
7
Weather Wonders: Incredible Clouds and Weather Events from ...
FLOCCUS. WITH. RAYS. This example of altocumulus floccus over the Isle of
Wight, UK, shows just how wide a variety of forms these clouds can take. What
makes them floccus is the puffy shape and the, albeit limited, vertical
development.
Gordon Higgins, The Met Office, 2011
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Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
Hence floater and floating. flocculence, flocculent, flocculus, floccus. Seethe 2nd
FLOCK. flock (1), origa large company, henceesp of sheep or geese: OE flocc,
company, flock: cfON flokkr, a crowd,and MLG vlocke; perh cf MD vloc,which, ...
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Microsoft Encarta College Dictionary: The First Dictionary ...
late Latin floccosus < Latin floccus "tuft of wool."] flOC □ CU-late /fl6kya layf -
lated, -lating, -kites vti 1 to cause particles suspended in water to aggregate into
clumps or masses that then sink or can be removed by filtering 2 to form, or cause
...
10
The Cloud Collector's Handbook
... (30) (extends through all three levels) Species (can only be one) stratiformis
lenticularis (34) castellanus (40) floccus (none) fibratus (38) uncinus spissatus
castellanus (40) floccus stratiformis lenticularis (34) castellanus (40) floccus
fibratus ...
Gavin Pretor-Pinney, 2011
9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLOCCUS»
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floccus is used in the context of the following news items.
Spring Fever Alert (70s possible by Wednesday)
Paul, those were cirrus clouds, probably cirrus floccus. That's snow falling out of these wisps of ice crystals about 25,000 feet above the ground, ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Mar 15»
Weekend weather bliss, October warm bias?
... can submit, say, an altocumulus floccus gracing the sky over Cabbagehall, Fife, Scotland, a wispy cirrus formation over Nova Scotia, Canada, ... «Minnesota Public Radio News, Sep 14»
Out of thin air: is this the world's newest type of cloud?
... can submit, say, an altocumulus floccus gracing the sky over Cabbagehall, Fife, Scotland, a wispy cirrus formation over Nova Scotia, Canada, ... «The Verge, Sep 14»
August Bank Holiday weekend frost warning for Surrey
Altocumulous castellanus floccus cloud over Coulsdon and Chipstead in the summer of 1994 which led to thunderstorms next day. «Surrey Mirror, Aug 14»
Praise the Debt Crisis and Pass the Foie Gras
He spoke up after a phalanx of servers lifted five porcelain salvers in unison, releasing a floccus of steam from each dish. Ms. Zimmerman ... «New York Times, Feb 12»
Diary: A 29-letter word outburst is nothing to Rees-Mogg
... are credited with coining the word floccinaucinihilipilification, meaning the act of defining something as unimportant, from the Latin floccus – a ... «The Independent, Feb 12»
Classic abstracts meets contempo-computer art in Helen & Golan …
At the screen called “Floccus” (i.e. “hairball”) a fine, curling pencil-point line swirls around an imaginary drain. Nearby, “Meshy” generates ... «SILive.com, Oct 11»
Wimbledon hawk eye system that takes to the skies
In his office, a young barn owl dubbed Floccus (the meteorological term for a fluffy white cloud) hops around from drawer to computer keyboard, ... «BBC News, Jun 11»
Summer: A Good Time to Watch Clouds
Castellanus and floccus clouds are rather common...these altocumulus clouds tend to look like a high-based cumulus congestus when ... «Washington Post Blogs, Jul 09»
