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Definition of Cumulonimbus
1. Noun. A dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity; associated with thunderstorms.
Definition of Cumulonimbus
1. Noun. A cloud, with a tall structure and a flat base, that is often associated with thunderstorms. ¹
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Definition of Cumulonimbus
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Literary usage of Cumulonimbus
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1. Handbook of Meteorology: A Manual for Cooperative Observers and Students by Jacques Wardlaw Redway (1921)
"The fibrous mantle that hovers over the top of the cumulonimbus is a cloud ...
The eruption of Vesuvius in 1872 created a series of cumulonimbus clouds with ..."
2. Cloudland: A Study on the Structure and Characters of Clouds by William Clement Ley (1894)
"Study of the upper surface of a distant cumulonimbus in the daytime, if the air
is clear, enables a practised observer to know whether he is looking at a ..."
3. Weather by Rose/Graf (2002)
"There are four main types of clouds: cumulus, cumulonimbus, cirrus, and stratus.
... cumulonimbus clouds typically mean thunderstorms with heavy rain. ..."
4. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1888)
"... or four points from the SW up to \V. or WNW Almost directly after, unless very
near the centre of the cyclone, the clouds take the form of cumulonimbus, ..."
5. Popular Science Monthly (1901)
"... temperature, and vapor tension In a lofty cumulonimbus cloud, observed by the
Weather Bureau, July 2ยป, 18%. saturated vapor is passing into water at ..."
6. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences by Washington Academy of Sciences (1915)
"... originating nor storm-controlling factors, but themselves the result of those
violent winds that obtain beneath and within large cumulonimbus clouds. ..."
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