Definition of Cirrostrati

1. cirrostratus [n] - See also: cirrostratus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cirrostrati

cirrhous
cirrhus
cirri
cirriferous
cirriform
cirrigerous
cirrigrade
cirriped
cirripede
cirripedes
cirripeds
cirrocumuli
cirrocumulus
cirrocumulus cloud
cirrose
cirrostrati (current term)
cirrostratus
cirrostratus cloud
cirrous
cirrus
cirrus cloud
cirruses
cirsectomy
cirsoceles
cirsodesis
cirsoid
cirsomphalos

Literary usage of Cirrostrati

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The London Magazine by John Scott, John Taylor (1821)
"A stratus of considerable density rose from the fields and lakes in a linear form in the evening, and soon formed into thick horizontal cirrostrati. 14. ..."

2. Researches about Atmospheric Phaenomena by Thomas Forster (1823)
"Many of these cirrostrati are sometimes seen attached to the ... or cirrostrati, is not necessary to the production of the ..."

3. The Climate of London by Luke Howard (1818)
"Cirri and cirrostrati observed. 26. Cold increasing, although the wind was SW ... Showery morning; towards evening I observed red coloured cirrostrati in an ..."

4. Annals of Philosophy, Or, Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy, Mechanics by Thomas Thomson (1819)
"The air was serene at the time, and there were some dark longitudinal cirrostrati interspersed in ... and cirrostrati^ Between six and seven, the moon rose ..."

5. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, E W Brayley (1815)
"... some of them capped with cirrostrati: then a shallow bed of ... and cirrostrati in the horizon. 25. Various clouds, ending in rain, of which, however, ..."

6. Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel Manufacturers edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1831)
"AM the sky was covered with dusky cirrostrati, in very strange, curdled, ... The cirrostrati were in very strange, flaky, and curdled forms, such as I only ..."

7. The Book of Science,: Second Series, Comprising Treatises on Chemistry by John Marks Moffatt (1835)
"At the approach of thunder-storms cirrostrati appear in masses of a denser structure, more rounded shape, and in closer order than at other times. ..."

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