Alto-stratus

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• alto

  alto, āre, v. a. [altus], to make high , to raise , elevate (only in the foll. exs.), Sid. Ep. ...

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• Alto

  ·noun An alto singer. II. Alto ·noun Formerly the part sung by the highest male, or counter-tenor, ...

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• Stratus

  STRATUS(Στράτος: Eth. Στράτιος: its territory ἡ Στρατική: Surovigli), the chief town of Acarnania, w...

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• stratus

  strātus, a, um, Part. of sterno. ...

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• stratus

  strātus adj. P. of sterno, prostrate, prone, lying : quorum ad pedes iacuit stratus: qu...

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• Stratus

  ·noun A form of clouds in which they are arranged in a horizontal band or layer. ·see <<Cloud>>. ...

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• stratus

  A low cloud which forms a horizontal line. The higher cloud of the same shape is called cirro-stratu...

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• Alto-cumulus

  ·add. ·noun A fleecy cloud formation consisting of large whitish or grayish globular cloudlets with ...

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• Alto-relievo

  ·noun Alto-rilievo. ...

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• Alto-rilievo

  ·noun High relief; sculptured work in which the figures project more than half their thickness; as, ...

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• Alto-rilievos

  ·pl of Alto-rilievo. ...

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• Cirro-stratus

  ·noun ·see under <<Cloud>>. ...

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• cirro-stratus

  Is the stratus of the upper regions of the atmosphere, heavier looking than the cirrus, but not so h...

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• cumulo-stratus

  This is the twain-cloud, so called because the stratus blends with the cumulus; it is most frequent ...

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• Cumu-cirro-stratus

  ·noun Nimbus, or rain cloud. ·see <<Nimbus>>, and <<Cloud>>. ...

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• cumulo-cirro-stratus

  A horizontal sheet of cloud, with cirrus above and cumulus beneath; it is better known as the nimbus...

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