A low cloud which forms a horizontal line. The higher cloud of the same shape is called cirro-stratus.
STRATUS(Στράτος: Eth. Στράτιος: its territory ἡ Στρατική: Surovigli), the chief town of Acarnania, w...
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
strātus, a, um, Part. of sterno. ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
strātus adj. P. of sterno, prostrate, prone, lying : quorum ad pedes iacuit stratus: qu...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
·noun A form of clouds in which they are arranged in a horizontal band or layer. ·see <<Cloud>>. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·add. ·noun A cloud formation similar to cirro-stratus, but heavier and at a lower level. ...
·noun ·see under <<Cloud>>. ...
Is the stratus of the upper regions of the atmosphere, heavier looking than the cirrus, but not so h...
The Sailor's Word-Book
This is the twain-cloud, so called because the stratus blends with the cumulus; it is most frequent ...
·noun Nimbus, or rain cloud. ·see <<Nimbus>>, and <<Cloud>>. ...
A horizontal sheet of cloud, with cirrus above and cumulus beneath; it is better known as the nimbus...