Definition of Fractus

1. Noun. (meteorology) a cloud species which consists of broken shreds of cloud, like scud. Associated with cumulus, and stratus genera. ¹

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Definition of Fractus

1. a ragged cloud [n -TI]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fractus

fracts
fractur
fractural
fracture
fracture bed
fracture by contrecoup
fracture dislocation
fracture fixation
fracture healing
fractured
fracturer
fracturers
fractures
fracturing
fracturs
fractus (current term)
fradicin
frae
fraena
fraenula
fraenulum
fraenum
fraenums
frag
fragged
fragger
fraggers
fragging
fraggings
fragile

Literary usage of Fractus

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

1. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"F. /mill ; from Low L. fractum, ace. of fractus, expense (Ducange). The Low L. fractus ... L. fractus, pp. of frangen, to break. frail. (F. - L.) ME freel. ..."

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