cumulus
cumulus
Definition
cu·mu·lus (kyo̵̅o̅′myə ləs)
cumulus
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- well-develop: But there were well-developed cumulus cloud to be seen associated with troughs in Liverpool Bay ( sferics seen later ) and over Snowdonia.
- pass: Some passing fair-weather cumulus over Anglesey gave way to almost clear skies during the afternoon.
- leave: Later in the afternoon into the evening the sky cleared over most of the island leaving towering cumulus over the mainland mountains.
Adjective modifier
- towering: Over the hills towering cumulus started to shoot up in rows.
- small: Intense devils may eventually be topped by a small cumulus.
- white: But, with nothing save the odd patch of fluffy white cumulus in the sky, I wasn't worried about the weather turning.
- low: Here are two of the anvils with a bank of lower cumulus in the foreground.
- large: In summer, the growth of increasingly large cumulus often heralds the arrival of the front.
- fair: At noon there were many fair weather cumulus over Anglesey but cloud development to the N and S continued.
Modifies a noun
- cloud: The day was sunny, between the frequent cumulus clouds; there were no further showers during the during the day.
- cell: Three out of 8 eggs that received nucleus transplant from cumulus cells reached the 4 to 6 cell stage.
- congestus: Cumulus congestus, Wolstanton, August 2002 Crepuscular Rays, on the same day as the above photo.
- development: It seems that the eclipse did modify the normal pattern of cumulus development, with the weather type prevalent on 11 August.
- humilis: Fair weather cumulus humilis are the only likely clouds to be created.
- convection: Processes occurring below the model grid scale, such as cumulus convection, must be represented approximately or ` parameterized ' .
Noun used with modifier
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