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stratus en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈstɹɑː-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈstɹeɪtəs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈstɹɑ-/ (General-American)
  • /ˈstɹæ-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈstɹeɪtəs/ (General-American)
  • [-ɾəs] (General-American)
  • /ˈstɹæ-/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ster- Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *str̥h₃tós Proto-Italic *strātos Latin stratuslbor. English stratus Learned borrowing from Latin strātus (“spread or stretched out”). Coined by the British chemist and amateur meteorologist Luke Howard (1772–1864): see the 1803 quotation. Doublet of strath.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) A principal, low-level cloud type in the form of a gray layer with a rather uniform base, usually not associated with precipitation, and capable of producing corona phenomena and a weak, uniform luminance.
    • [page 99] Stratus. […] A widely extended, continuous, horizontal sheet, increasing from below. […] [page 357] When a stratus covers the ground at sun-rise, however, we often see it collect into cumuli upon the evaporation of that part of it which is immediately contiguous to the earth: […] 1803 July, Luke Howard, “XVIII. On the Modifications of Clouds, and on the Principles of Their Production, Suspension, and Destruction; being the Substance of an Essay Read before the Askesian Society in the Session 1802–3.”, in Alexander Tilloch, editor, The Philosophical Magazine and Journal: Comprehending the Various Branches of Science, the Liberal and Fine Arts, Agriculture, Manufactures, and Commerce, volume XVI, number 62, London: […] [Richard Taylor] for Alexander Tilloch; and sold by Messrs. Richardson, […], →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 99 and 357:

Forms

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strati Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

cirrostratus · cumulostratus · stratus fractus

Synonyms

St

Translations (18)

bg слоест облак (cloud) · es estrato (cloud) · cmn 層雲 /层云 (cloud) · yue 層雲 /层云 (cloud) · ko 층운 (cloud) · mi pūtahi (cloud) · ja 層雲 (cloud) · ru слои́стое облако (cloud) · ca estratus (cloud) · mi kupenga a Taramainuku (cloud) · la stratus (cloud) · tl saraying alapaap (cloud) · is þokuský (cloud) · la nubes strata (cloud) · mk стратус (cloud) · fi sumupilvi (cloud) · is lágský (cloud) · ca estrat (cloud)