cirrocumulus

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cirrocumulus

/ˌsɪɹə(ʊ)ˈkjuːmjʊləs/ UK
/ˌsɪɹoʊˈkjumjələs/ US

Rhymes with -uːmjʊləs

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From cirro- + cumulus, coined by the British chemist and amateur meteorologist Luke Howard (1772–1864): see the 1803 quotation.

noun cirrocumuli

A principal high-level cloud type appearing as a thin, white patch of cloud without shadows, composed of very small droplets in the form of grains or ripples. The elements may be merged or separate, and more or less regularly arranged; they subtend an angle of less than 1° when observed at an angle of more than 30° above the horizon. Holes or rifts often occur in a sheet of cirrocumulus. [page 99] Cirro-cumulus. […] Small, well defined roundish masses, in close horizontal arrangement. […] [page 102] The cirro-cumulus is formed from a cirrus, or from a number of small separate cirri, by the fibres collapsing as it were, and passing into small roundish masses, in which the texture of
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noun cloud type appearing as a thin, white patch of cloud without shadows

Español	cirrocúmulo
한국어	권적운 gwonjeogun
日本語	鰯雲 iwashigumo, 巻積雲 kensekiun, 鯖雲 sabagumo, 鱗雲 urokogumo
中文	卷積雲 /卷积云 juǎnjīyún
Français	cirrocumulus
Italiano	cirrocumulo
Ελληνικά	θυσανοσωρείτης thysanosoreítis
Русский	перисто-кучева́я peristo-kučevája

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@misc{cirrocumulus_2026,
  title = {cirrocumulus},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cirrocumulus},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}